Task complexity as a performance shaping factor: A review and recommendations in Standardized Plant Analysis Risk-Human Reliability Analysis (SPAR-H) adaption

Safety Science

Volumn 76, Issue , 2015, Pages 228-238

  Rasmussen, Martin ^a   Standal, Martin Inge ^a   Laumann, Karin ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Complexity; Human Factors; Human Reliability Analysis; PetroHRA; Task Complexity

Indexed keywords

FACTOR ANALYSIS; HUMAN ENGINEERING; PETROLEUM INDUSTRY; RELIABILITY; RISK ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

COMPLEXITY; HUMAN RELIABILITY ANALYSIS; PERFORMANCE SHAPING FACTORS; PETROHRA; PLANT ANALYSIS; TASK COMPLEXITY; THEMATIC ANALYSIS;

RELIABILITY ANALYSIS;

ARTICLE; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CONNECTION COMPLEXITY; DYNAMIC COMPLEXITY; GOAL COMPLEXITY; HUMAN MACHINE INTERFACE COMPLEXITY; INTERACTION COMPLEXITY; KNOWLEDGE COMPLEXITY; PERFORMANCE; PERFORMANCE SHAPING FACTOR; PETROCHEMICAL INDUSTRY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; PROCEDURE COMPLEXITY; RELIABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SIZE COMPLEXITY; STANDARDIZED PLANT ANALYSIS RISK HUMAN RELIABILITY ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL CONCEPTS; STEP COMPLEXITY; STRUCTURE COMPLEXITY; TASK PERFORMANCE; TEMPORAL COMPLEXITY; UNCERTAINTY; VARIATION COMPLEXITY;

EID: 84925769275     PISSN: 09257535     EISSN: 18791042     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ssci.2015.03.005     Document Type: Article

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