Intuitive decisions and heuristics - an alternative rationality

Civil Engineering and Environmental Systems

Volumn 30, Issue 3-4, 2013, Pages 274-284

  Elms, David G ^a   Brown, Colin B ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

^b University of Washington   (United States)

^c Oregon State University   (United States)

Author keywords

complexity; decision; framework; heuristic; model; rationality; safety; subjective; system

Indexed keywords

COMPLEXITY; DECISION; FRAMEWORK; HEURISTIC; RATIONALITY; SUBJECTIVE; SYSTEM;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; LARGE SCALE SYSTEMS; MODELS; SAFETY ENGINEERING;

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH;

DECISION MAKING; ERROR ANALYSIS; HEURISTICS; MODELING; SAFETY; VESSEL;

EID: 84890787763     PISSN: 10286608     EISSN: 10290249     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10286608.2013.853753     Document Type: Article

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