Reflecting on Jens Rasmussen's legacy. A strong program for a hard problem

Safety Science

Volumn 71, Issue PB, 2014, Pages 123-141

  Le Coze, Jean Christophe ^a  

^a INSTITUT NATIONAL DE L ENVIRONNEMENT INDUSTRIEL ET DES RISQUES INERIS   (France)

Author keywords

Accident; Jens Rasmussen; Model; Safety; Socio technical view

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); MODELS;

DEFENCE IN DEPTHS; DEGREE OF FREEDOM; JENS RASMUSSEN; SCIENTIFIC DISCIPLINE; SCIENTIFIC RESEARCHES; SELF ORGANISATION; SOCIOTECHNICAL; THEORETICAL APPROACH;

ACCIDENTS;

ACCIDENT; ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ACCIDENTS AND ACCIDENT RELATED PHENOMENA; ACCIMAP; ARTICLE; BIOMEDICAL DISCIPLINES, SCIENCE AND ART; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; ERROR; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; NATURALISTIC INQUIRY; PREDICTION; PROBLEM SOLVING; PROCESS MODEL; RELIABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT; RISK REDUCTION; SAFETY SCIENCE; SKILL RULE KNOWLEDGE MODEL; SYSTEM ANALYSIS; THEORETICAL MODEL; THEORY VALIDATION;

EID: 84918576929     PISSN: 09257535     EISSN: 18791042     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ssci.2014.03.015     Document Type: Article

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