Modeling patterns of breakdown (or archetypes) of human and organizational processes in accidents using system dynamics

Safety Science

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 931-944

  Kontogiannis, Tom ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

Author keywords

System dynamics

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT INVESTIGATION; ACCIMAP; COMPLEXITY THEORY; CONTROL MODEL; GENERIC TEMPLATES; IN-BUILDINGS; ORGANIZATIONAL DYNAMICS; ORGANIZATIONAL PROCESS; SAFETY MARGIN; SYSTEM CONTROL; SYSTEM DYNAMICS; SYSTEMS APPROACH; VIABLE SYSTEM MODEL;

ACCIDENTS; RISK ANALYSIS;

SYSTEM THEORY;

ACCIDENT; ALGORITHM; CONFLICT; COORDINATION; DECISION MAKING; EXTENDED CONTROL MODEL; HUMAN FACTORS RESEARCH; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; INTROSPECTION; LEARNING; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL LITERATURE; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATIONAL EFFICIENCY; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBLEM IDENTIFICATION; PROCESS MODEL; PROCESS MONITORING; PRODUCTIVITY; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SYSTEM ANALYSIS; SYSTEM DYNAMICS; TECHNOLOGY; VIABLE SYSTEM MODEL; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 84856419778     PISSN: 09257535     EISSN: 18791042     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ssci.2011.12.011     Document Type: Review

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