Representing causal mechanism of defective designs: A system approach considering human errors

Construction Management and Economics

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 297-305

  Andi, ^a   Minato, Takayuki ^b  

^a PETRA CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Indonesia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Active failures; Defective design; Defences failures; Human error; Latent factors; Mechanism; System approach

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SYSTEM RECOVERY; DEFECTS; MEASUREMENT ERRORS; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS;

ORGANIZATIONAL FACTORS;

STRUCTURAL DESIGN;

DESIGN;

EID: 0037985358     PISSN: 01446193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0144619032000056135     Document Type: Article

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