Automation, interaction, complexity, and failure: A case study

Reliability Engineering and System Safety

Volumn 91, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1494-1501

  Wears, Robert L ^a,b   Cook, Richard I ^c   Perry, Shawna J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Accidents; Emergent properties; Health care; Interactive complexity

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENTS; AUTOMATION; FAILURE ANALYSIS; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS;

EMERGENT PROPERTIES; INTERACTIVE COMPLEXITY; VULNERABILITIES;

HEALTH CARE;

EID: 33746722625     PISSN: 09518320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ress.2006.01.009     Document Type: Article

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