Developing an agent-based hierarchical modeling approach to assess human performance of infrastructure systems

International Journal of Industrial Ergonomics

Volumn 53, Issue , 2016, Pages 340-354

  Nan, Cen ^a   Sansavini, Giovanni ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Agent based modeling; CREAM; Critical infrastructure; Human reliability analysis

Indexed keywords

AUTONOMOUS AGENTS; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURES; ELECTRIC POWER SYSTEMS; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEMS; KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEMS; RELIABILITY; RELIABILITY ANALYSIS;

AGENT-BASED MODEL; COGNITIVE RELIABILITY; CREAM; HUMAN RELIABILITY ANALYSIS; INFRASTRUCTURE SYSTEMS; KNOWLEDGE-BASED APPROACH; NON-TECHNICAL FACTORS; SECURITY AND RELIABILITIES;

SOFTWARE AGENTS;

AGENT BASED HIERARCHICAL MODEL; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR ASSESSMENT; COGNITION; COGNITIVE RELIABILITY ERROR ANALYSIS METHOD; EMOTION; FATIGUE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; MODEL; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; POWER SUPPLY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL STATUS;

EID: 84963966343     PISSN: 01698141     EISSN: 18728219     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ergon.2016.04.002     Document Type: Article

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