A computational model for evaluating the effects of attention, memory, and mental models on situation assessment of nuclear power plant operators

Reliability Engineering and System Safety

Volumn 94, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1796-1805

  Lee, Hyun Chul ^a   Seong, Poong Hyun ^b  

^a Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute   (South Korea)

^b Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Bayesian network; Cognitive factor; Computational model; Human reliability analysis; Nuclear power plant operators; Situation assessment

Indexed keywords

COGNITIVE FACTOR; COMPUTATIONAL MODEL; HUMAN RELIABILITY ANALYSIS; NUCLEAR POWER PLANT OPERATORS; SITUATION ASSESSMENT;

BAYESIAN NETWORKS; DISTRIBUTED PARAMETER NETWORKS; ERRORS; HUMAN ENGINEERING; INFERENCE ENGINES; INTELLIGENT NETWORKS; NUCLEAR ENERGY; NUCLEAR INDUSTRY; NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS; QUALITY ASSURANCE;

RELIABILITY ANALYSIS;

EID: 67949104948     PISSN: 09518320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ress.2009.05.012     Document Type: Article

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