Network performance impacts on operators in safety-critical systems

International Journal of Information Technology and Decision Making

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 173-194

  Bayrak, Tuncay ^a   Grabowski, Martha R ^b,c  

^a WESTERN NEW ENGLAND UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LE MOYNE COLLEGE   (United States)

^c RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Human computer interaction; Safety critical systems; Service systems; Wide area networks

Indexed keywords

EID: 33746242240     PISSN: 02196220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0219622006001836     Document Type: Article

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