Rasmussen's legacy: A paradigm change in engineering for safety

Applied Ergonomics

Volumn 59, Issue , 2017, Pages 581-591

  Leveson, Nancy G ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Intent specifications; Rasmussen; STAMP; Systems theory

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; HAZARDS; SPECIFICATIONS; STAMPING; SYSTEM THEORY;

ABSTRACTION HIERARCHY; ACCIDENT CAUSATION MODEL; ENGINEERING PRACTICES; ENGINEERING SPECIFICATION; MATHEMATICAL FOUNDATIONS; RASMUSSEN; REQUIREMENTS SPECIFICATIONS; SOCIOTECHNICAL SYSTEMS;

SAFETY ENGINEERING;

ACCIDENT; BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER PROGRAM; ERROR; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; MODEL; SAFETY; STATISTICAL MODEL; SYSTEMS THEORY; BIOENGINEERING; HISTORY; PROCEDURES; SYSTEM ANALYSIS;

HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMAN ENGINEERING; HUMANS; SAFETY; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS; SYSTEMS THEORY;

EID: 84956856749     PISSN: 00036870     EISSN: 18729126     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apergo.2016.01.015     Document Type: Article

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