Quality prediction for reconfigurable manufacturing systems via human error modelling

International Journal of Computer Integrated Manufacturing

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 584-598

  Elmaraghy, W H ^a   Nada, O A ^a   Elmaraghy, H A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

Author keywords

Human error prediction; Multi attribute utility; Reconfigurable manufacturing systems

Indexed keywords

EMPLOYMENT; ERROR ANALYSIS; ERRORS; HUMAN ENGINEERING; INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS; MODAL ANALYSIS; PROBABILITY; RANDOM PROCESSES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS;

CRITICAL ELEMENTS; HUMAN ERRORS; INDUSTRIAL CASE STUDIES; JOB DESIGN; MULTI ATTRIBUTE UTILITY ANALYSIS; PROBABILITY OF ERROR (PE); QUALITY PREDICTION; RECONFIGURABLE MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS (RMSS); RESPONSIVE MANUFACTURING; SKILL LEVELS; SYSTEM DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT (SDD); SYSTEM DESIGNERS; SYSTEM DESIGNS; SYSTEM PERFORMANCES; TRAINING PROGRAMMES; WORK ENVIRONMENTS; WORK ORGANIZATION;

MANUFACTURE;

EID: 46249083609     PISSN: 0951192X     EISSN: 13623052     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09511920701233464     Document Type: Article

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