Influence of step complexity and presentation style on step performance of computerized emergency operating procedures

Reliability Engineering and System Safety

Volumn 94, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 670-674

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

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Emergency operating procedure; Presentation style; Step complexity; Task complexity

Indexed keywords

ERGONOMICS; FLOWCHARTING; FORECASTING; HUMAN ENGINEERING; KETONES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL METHODS; TWO DIMENSIONAL;

COMPLEXITY MEASURES; DATA ANALYSIS; EMERGENCY OPERATING PROCEDURE; EMERGENCY OPERATING PROCEDURES; ENTROPY CONCEPTS; ERROR RATES; EXPERIMENT DATUM; HUMAN FACTORS; INDUSTRIAL PRACTICES; LOGIC TREES; OPERATION TIMES; PRESENTATION STYLE; QUESTIONNAIRE INVESTIGATIONS; REGRESSION MODELS; SIMULATED SYSTEMS; STEP COMPLEXITY; TASK COMPLEXITY;

LEARNING SYSTEMS;

EID: 54049122920     PISSN: 09518320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ress.2008.07.001     Document Type: Article

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