Evaluation and prediction of on-line maintenance workload in nuclear power plants

Human Factors and Ergonomics In Manufacturing

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 64-77

  Liang, Guo Feng ^a   Lin, Jhih Tsong ^a   Hwang, Sheue Ling ^a   Huang, Fei Hui ^b   Yenn, Tzu Chung ^c   Hsu, Chong Cheng ^c  

^a NATIONAL TSING HUA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b ORIENTAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^c INSTITUTE OF NUCLEAR ENERGY RESEARCH   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALOG SYSTEMS; DAILY TASKS; DIGITAL SYSTEM; HUMAN RESOURCES; LINE MAINTENANCE; MAINTENANCE ENGINEERS; MAINTENANCE PERFORMANCE; MENTAL WORKLOAD; NEURAL NETWORK TECHNIQUES;

NUCLEAR ENERGY; NUCLEAR INDUSTRY; NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS;

MAINTENANCE;

EID: 67449103898     PISSN: 10908471     EISSN: 15206564     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hfm.20136     Document Type: Article

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