A taxonomy of human communication errors and application to railway track maintenance

Cognition, Technology and Work

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 57-66

  Gibson, W H ^a   Megaw, E D ^a   Young, M S ^b   Lowe, E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c NETWORK RAIL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Communication; Human error; Human reliability assessment; Railway maintenance

Indexed keywords

EID: 30544450057     PISSN: 14355558     EISSN: 14355566     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10111-005-0020-x     Document Type: Article

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