Model-based adaptive bridge design in the maritime domain. The CASCADe Project

Abstract CASCADe is a European project aiming at designing advanced adaptive ship bridges, using model-based approaches and simulations. The models are used for capturing and simulating the seafarers’ tasks and their information and situation awareness needs, through the use of cognitive seafarers’ models; for studying and designing their physical interaction with console equipment, including controls and displays, through sophisticated anthropometric 3D models; and finally for designing and manufacturing the physical bridge itself (console, workstation, furniture).