Study on Evaluation Support System for Ship Handling Simulator Training

In the maritime industry and university, the education and training of a ship handling is carried out by a ship bridge simulator. The education using the simulator is popular worldwide because we are able to train emergency situations, and a lot of trainees can go through the same scenario. The evaluation of simulator training is subjectively. The master and professor evaluate their performance and ship’s track subjectively. That evaluation depends on their experiences. In this paper, we propose a real time evaluation support system using a physiological index. The system evaluates mental workload in the real time, and the system supports instructors to monitor cadet’s mental workload during their simulator training. The instructors can understand not only their performance but also their mental workload to evaluate their training.