Validation of the Effectiveness of Simulator Experience vs Real-World Operational Experience in the Port of Valdez.

Abstract

This study was designed to examine the effectiveness of simulator exposure and real-world observational experience in the Port of Valdez, Alaska in the learning of ship handling skills. Masters were tested on a simulated pilotage through teh Valdez Narrows at the Maritime Administration's Computer Aided Operations Research Facility (CAORF) at Kings Point, New York. Performance data, measured as track deviation and percentage of time out of a prescribed tolerance band indicated equivalent performance for those masters with simulator experience or real-world observational exposure and significantly poorer performance for those masters with neither simulator nor real-world Valdez experience. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 01, 1982
Accession Number
ADA127642

Entities

People

  • J. Goldberg
  • Kevin L. Williams
  • M. Gilder

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Ground and Sea Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Analysis Of Variance
  • Coast Guard
  • Communication Equipment
  • Data Analysis
  • Databases
  • Maritime Industry
  • Navigation
  • Navigational Aids
  • New York
  • Operations Research
  • Radar Signals
  • Research Facilities
  • Signal Generation
  • Signal Generators
  • Simulators
  • United States

Readers

  • Aviation Science / Aeronautics.
  • Instructional Design and Training Evaluation.
  • Marine Hydrodynamics