Understanding human factors in rail engineering: Re-analysis of detailed, qualitative data on functions and risks

Work

Volumn 41, Issue SUPPL.1, 2012, Pages 4237-4245

  Ryan, Brendan ^a   Wilsona, John R ^a,b   Schock, Alex ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b NETWORK RAIL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Function and Activity Analysis; Qualitative Analysis; Rail engineering and maintenance

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; HOSPITAL SERVICE; HUMAN; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; RAILWAY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY; TASK PERFORMANCE;

DECISION MAKING; HUMANS; MAINTENANCE; RAILROADS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 84859825599     PISSN: 10519815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/WOR-2012-0125-4237     Document Type: Conference Paper

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