Automation vs. human intervention: What is the best fit for the best performance?

Process Safety Progress

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 45-51

  Haight, Joel M ^a   Kecojevic, Vladislav ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTROL SYSTEM ANALYSIS; ERROR ANALYSIS; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; HUMAN ENGINEERING;

AUTOMATED CONTROL SYSTEMS; ERROR-FREE SYSTEMS;

AUTOMATION;

PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT;

EID: 14844328614     PISSN: 10668527     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/prs.10050     Document Type: Article

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