An ergonomics study of computerized emergency operating procedures: Presentation style, task complexity, and training level

Reliability Engineering and System Safety

Volumn 93, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1500-1511

  Xu, Song ^a   Song, Fei ^a   Li, Zhizhong ^a   Zhao, Qianyi ^a   Luo, Wei ^a   He, Xuhong ^b   Salvendy, Gavriel ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Scanpower Risk Management China Inc   (China)

Author keywords

Emergency operating procedure; NPP; Presentation style; Task complexity; Training level

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY; FLOWCHARTING; FUZZY LOGIC; NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS; PERSONNEL TRAINING; RELIABILITY ANALYSIS;

EMERGENCY OPERATING PROCEDURE; PRESENTATION STYLE; TASK COMPLEXITY; TRAINING LEVEL;

ERGONOMICS;

EID: 43349095009     PISSN: 09518320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ress.2007.09.006     Document Type: Article

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