A human factors approach to the optimisation of staffing in the process industry

Institution of Chemical Engineers Symposium Series

Volumn , Issue 151, 2006, Pages 502-515

  Stokes, Joanne ^a   Rich, Karl ^a   Foord, Tony ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

JOB ANALYSIS; OPTIMIZATION; PERFORMANCE; PERSONNEL; PROCESS ENGINEERING; RELIABILITY THEORY; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

HUMAN ENGINEERING TOOLS; HUMAN RELIABILITY ANALYSIS; PROCESS INDUSTRY; STAFFING;

HUMAN ENGINEERING;

EID: 33646205677     PISSN: 03070492     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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