Recovery from equipment failures in ATC: Determination of contextual factors

Reliability Engineering and System Safety

Volumn 92, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 858-870

  Subotic, Branka ^a   Ochieng, Washington Y ^a   Straeter, Oliver ^b  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b EUROCONTROL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Air traffic control; Context; Equipment failure; Human performance; Recovery

Indexed keywords

AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL; RELIABILITY THEORY; SAFETY FACTOR;

CONTEXTUAL FACTORS; EQUIPMENT FAILURES; HUMAN RELIABILITY ASSESSMENT (HRA); SAFETY CRITICAL DOMAINS;

SECURITY SYSTEMS;

EID: 33847353447     PISSN: 09518320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ress.2006.04.023     Document Type: Article

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