Driver performance modelling and its practical application to railway safety

Applied Ergonomics

Volumn 36, Issue 6 SPEC. ISS., 2005, Pages 661-670

  Hamilton, W Ian ^a   Clarke, Theresa ^b  

^a Human Engineering Limited   (United Kingdom)

^b NETWORK RAIL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Drivability assessment; Performance modelling; SPAD hazards

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; CONTROL SYSTEMS; DATA PROCESSING; ERGONOMICS; ERRORS; HAZARDS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RAILROAD TRANSPORTATION;

DRIVER PERFORMANCE; INFRASTRUCTURE; OPERATIONAL CONDITIONS; RAILROAD SAFETY;

AUTOMOBILE DRIVERS;

CALCULATION; COGNITION; CONFERENCE PAPER; DRIVER; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; PERFORMANCE; PREDICTION; RAILWAY; RESEARCH; SAFETY; VALIDATION PROCESS; VELOCITY;

EID: 27144540521     PISSN: 00036870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apergo.2005.07.005     Document Type: Conference Paper

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