Quantification of human error in maintenance using graph theory and matrix approach

Quality and Reliability Engineering International

Volumn 27, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1145-1172

  Aju Kumar, V N ^a   Gandhi, O P ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY DELHI   (India)

Author keywords

digraph model; human error; human error index; maintenance; matrix method

Indexed keywords

CONTRIBUTING FACTOR; DESIGN STAGE; DIGRAPH MODELS; EQUIVALENT MATRICES; HUMAN ERROR; HUMAN ERROR POTENTIAL; HUMAN ERRORS; MAINTENANCE ACTIVITY; MATRIX APPROACH; MATRIX METHODS; NUMERICAL VALUES; SYSTEMS APPROACH;

ERRORS; HUMAN ENGINEERING; MAINTENANCE;

GRAPH THEORY;

EID: 81755161558     PISSN: 07488017     EISSN: 10991638     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/qre.1202     Document Type: Article

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