Human Factors in Safety-Critical Systems

ISBN-13: 9780750627153 / Angielski / Twarda / 1997 / 320 str.

Felix Redmill; Jane Rajan;Redmill

Opis

This text presents human factors in safety-critical systems. It includes discussion on causes of human error, human reliability assessment and human-computer interaction.

Recenzje

A very good textbook for the learner.
Health and Safety at Work

'Timely and exciting! The text is clear and avoids jargon and cliches.'
OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH, JULY '97

' Written in clear simple language'
Safety management

' I found the book highly resdable and well edited'
' This book will form a useful addition to any human factors library'

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Spis treści

Part One: Safety-critical Systems and Human Reliability; Introducing Safety-critical Systems, Causes of Human Error, Human Reliability Assessment - Methods and Techniques; Part Two: Human-Computer Interaction; Introduction to HCI in Safety-critical Systems; Human Factors in the Specification of Safety-critical Systems; Design of HCI; Training and Support in the Operational Context; Design for Abnormal Situations; Part Three: Socio-Technical Considerations; Socio-Technical Issues in the Development Life Cycle; Social Factors in Safety-critical Systems; Violations - Causes, Costs and Cures; Learning from Incidents at Work; The Treatment of Human Factors in Safety Cases; Appendix: Standards and Legislation

O autorze

Felix Redmill, Jane Rajan