Mental Fatigue Prediction

Assessing seafarers’ MF levels helps identifying potential operational risks and the ability to simulate future scenarios can be used during planning and management, to ensure safer operational conditions. In this chapter, we propose a framework for modelling seafarers’ future MF levels using a combination of both physiological and environmental sensors and model- and data-based techniques. We will establish the building blocks of this framework and present examples of how it could be applied in different scenarios as soon as enough data is collected to feed the data-based section of the model. Once properly trained, this framework could be used not only to assess human-related operational risks but also to provide the necessary information to ensure that these issues are addressed before potential danger escalates to real accidents. This chapter does not aim to solve the MFP problem, but only to provide a starting point for further developments.