Video Tracking for Evaluation of Human Performance in Crisis Management

2010年，深水地平线石油泄漏导致11名工人死亡，并给油井所有者英国石油公司造成了巨大的环境破坏和重大经济损失。尽管发出了如此明显的警告，但许多企业仍然对这种灾难性事件毫无准备。ALTS加拿大公司提供服务，通过测量、分析和培训帮助公司降低灾难风险。特别是，ALTS加拿大为其客户提供了通过模拟事件培训来为灾难做准备的机会。为了向客户提供适当的反馈，ALTS加拿大公司需要衡量和分析受训人员在模拟灾难情景中的表现，即他们如何利用时间和团队互动。他们目前没有这种能力。人员的体力活动是测量和分析的重要组成部分。考虑一下一个指挥和控制中心，负责管理公司对正在出现的危机的反应。人员的流动、活动和互动是其有效性的重要指标。博伊德和他的团队拥有使用摄像机和其他传感器跟踪和分析人体运动的丰富经验。我们的目标是将这一经验应用于ALTS加拿大面临的测量和分析问题。目标场景是一个企业指挥和控制中心，通过部署和管理各种资产来应对危机。这是一项复杂的任务，需要提前规划和许多人的协调行动才能有效。在培训中，危机是模拟的，但学员的行动是真实的。为了使培训有效，有必要衡量和分析这些行动。我们将研究在危机训练场景中使用视觉和其他传感器来测量和分析人类表现。

In 2010, the Deepwater Horizon oil spill killed 11 workers, and caused massive environmental damage and major financial losses for the well owner, BP. In spite of such an obvious warning, many corporations continue to be unprepared for such a catastrophic event. ALTS Canada Inc. offers services to help companies to mitigate the risks of catastrophes through measurement, analysis, and training. In particular, ALTS Canada offers its clients the opportunity to prepare for catastrophe by training with simulated events. To provide appropriate feedback to clients, ALTS Canada needs to measure and analyze the performance of trainees during a simulated disaster scenario, i.e., how they use their time and interact as a team. They currently do not have this ability. The physical activities of personnel are a significant part of the measurement and analysis. Consider a command and control center that manages a company's response to an emerging crisis. The movement, activity, and interactions of personnel are an important indicator of their effectiveness. Boyd and his team have extensive experience tracking and analyzing human motion with video cameras and other sensors. Our goal is to bring that experience to bear on the measurement and analysis problems facing ALTS Canada. The target scenario is a corporate command and control centre that responds to a crisis by deploying and managing a variety of assets. This is a complex task that requires advanced planning and the coordinated actions of many people to be effective. In training, the crisis is simulated, but actions of the trainees are real. For the training to be effective, it is necessary to measure and analyze these actions. We will investigate the use of vision and other sensors for the measurement and analysis of human performance in the crisis training scenario.