Cognition, tasks and planning: Supporting the planning of shunting operations at the Netherlands Railways

Cognition, Technology and Work

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 165-176

  Van Wezel, Wout ^a   Jorna, René ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cognition; Mixed initiative support; Shunting planning; Task analysis

Indexed keywords

COGNITION; COGNITIVE ASPECTS; COMPUTER SUPPORTS; MIXED INITIATIVE SUPPORT; NETHERLANDS; PLANNING PROBLEMS; PLANNING PROJECTS; PLANNING SUPPORT SYSTEMS; SHUNTING PLANNING; SUB-TASKS; TASK ANALYSIS;

COGNITIVE SYSTEMS; JOB ANALYSIS; RAILROADS; REGIONAL PLANNING; SCHEDULING ALGORITHMS;

PLANNING;

EID: 61349184613     PISSN: 14355558     EISSN: 14355566     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10111-007-0106-8     Document Type: Article

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