Normal people working in normal organizations with normal equipment: System safety and cognition in a mid-air collision

Applied Ergonomics

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 325-340

  Carvalho, Paulo Victor Rodrigues de ^a,b   Gomes, José Orlando ^b   Huber, Gilbert Jacob ^b   Vidal, Mario Cesar ^c  

^a INSTITUTO DE ENGENHARIA NUCLEAR   (Brazil)

^b Graduate Program in Informatics NCE and IM   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Air traffic management system; Cognitive strategies; Mid air collision; System safety

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENTS; AIR TRANSPORTATION; AIRCRAFT ACCIDENTS; EQUIPMENT; OCCUPATIONAL RISKS; PROBLEM SOLVING; TRAFFIC CONTROL;

AIR TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS; AIR TRAFFIC SYSTEMS; COGNITIVE STRATEGY; COMPONENT FAILURES; LINEAR COMBINATIONS; MID-AIR COLLISIONS; STRUCTURED ORGANIZATION; SYSTEM SAFETY;

AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL;

ACCIDENTS, AVIATION; AIRCRAFT; AVIATION; BRAZIL; COGNITION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMAN ENGINEERING; HUMANS; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS;

EID: 60349088781     PISSN: 00036870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apergo.2008.11.013     Document Type: Article

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