Human element factors affecting reliability and safety

Conference Record - Industrial and Commercial Power Systems Technical Conference

Volumn , Issue , 1997, Pages 14-21

  Koval, D O ^a   Floyd, H L ^b  

^a Unhersity of Alberta ^*  (Canada)

^b DUPONT COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ELECTRIC UTILITIES; ERRORS; INTERACTIVE COMPUTER SYSTEMS; MAN MACHINE SYSTEMS; RELIABILITY; SAFETY FACTOR; ELECTRIC ACCIDENTS; ERROR ANALYSIS; HUMAN ENGINEERING; PRODUCTIVITY; STATISTICAL METHODS;

DYNAMIC INTERACTIVE; ELECTRICAL SYSTEMS; EQUIPMENT FAILURES; INCREASED PRODUCTIVITY; POWER SYSTEM OPERATIONS; PREDICTIVE METHODS; RELIABILITY AND SAFETIES; SYSTEMS AND PROCESS;

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; ELECTRIC POWER SYSTEMS;

ACCIDENT INJURY SEQUENCE MODELS; HUMAN ERRORS;

EID: 0030713689     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICPS.1997.595981     Document Type: Conference Paper

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