A quantitative approach to modeling the information flow of diagnosis tasks in nuclear power plants

Reliability Engineering and System Safety

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 81-94

  Kim, Jong Hyun ^a   Seong, Poong Hyun ^a  

^a Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Diagnosis tasks; Information flow; Operating procedures; Quantification

Indexed keywords

COGNITIVE SYSTEMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; INFORMATION THEORY; INTERFACES (COMPUTER); MAN MACHINE SYSTEMS;

OPERATING PROCEDURES;

NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS;

EID: 0037399783     PISSN: 09518320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0951-8320(02)00289-2     Document Type: Article

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