Video Tracking for Evaluation of Human Performance in Crisis Management

2010年，深水地平线石油泄漏造成11名工人死亡，并造成大规模的环境破坏和油井所有者英国石油公司的重大经济损失。尽管有这样一个明显的警告，许多公司仍然对这样一个灾难性的事件没有准备。 ALTS Canada Inc.提供服务，帮助公司通过测量，分析和培训来减轻灾难风险。 特别是，ALTS Canada为客户提供了通过模拟事件培训为灾难做准备的机会。 为了向客户提供适当的反馈，ALTS Canada需要衡量和分析受训人员在模拟灾害情景中的表现，即， 他们如何利用时间和团队互动。他们目前还没有这种能力。人员的身体活动是测量和分析的重要组成部分。 考虑一个指挥和控制中心，管理公司对新出现的危机的反应。 人员的移动、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丰富的经验，跟踪和分析人体运动与摄像机和其他传感器。 我们的目标是将这一经验用于解决ALTS加拿大面临的计量和分析问题。 目标场景是一个通过部署和管理各种资产来应对危机的企业指挥和控制中心。 这是一项复杂的任务，需要预先规划和许多人的协调行动才能有效。 在训练中，危机是模拟的，但受训者的行动是真实的。为了使培训有效，有必要对这些行动进行衡量和分析。 我们将调查使用视觉和其他传感器的测量和分析的人的表现在危机培训方案。

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.