Error in skilled performance: A control model of prescribing

Ergonomics

Volumn 46, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 1200-1204

  Marken, Richard S ^a  

^a RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Control theory; Human error; Human performance modeling; Prescribing error

Indexed keywords

ERROR ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROFESSIONAL ASPECTS;

ERROR RATES;

ERGONOMICS;

ARTICLE; COMPETENCE; CONTROL; ERGONOMICS; ERROR; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; HUMAN; JOB PERFORMANCE; MODEL; PARAMETER; PHYSICIAN; PRESCRIPTION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; TIME; WORK ENVIRONMENT; WORKLOAD;

EID: 0042415299     PISSN: 00140139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/001401390310001593568     Document Type: Article

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