Analysing operators' diagnostic reasoning during multiple events

Ergonomics

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 493-515

  Patrick, John ^a   Gregov, Anna ^a   Halliday, Polly ^a   Handley, Jim ^a   O'Reilly, Sinéad ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fault finding; Process control; Process tracing

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE; DECISION MAKING; EXPERIENCE; HUMAN; INDUSTRY; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; JOB PERFORMANCE; NORMAL HUMAN; PERSONNEL; PROBLEM SOLVING; PROCESS CONTROL; SCIENCE; TRAINING; VIDEORECORDING;

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; DECISION MAKING; PROCESS CONTROL;

DIAGNOSTIC REASONING; MULTIPLE FAULT SCENARIOS;

ERGONOMICS;

EID: 0032599740     PISSN: 00140139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/001401399185603     Document Type: Article

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