Drift, adaptation, resilience and reliability: Toward an empirical clarification

Safety Science

Volumn 117, Issue , 2019, Pages 460-468

  Pettersen, Kenneth A ^a   Schulman, Paul R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STAVANGER   (Norway)

^b MILLS COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Complexity theory; High reliability; Reliability drift; Reliability professionals; Resilience

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY;

ADAPTATION; CATASTROPHIC FAILURES; COMPLEXITY THEORY; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; HIGH RELIABILITY; HIGH RELIABILITY ORGANIZATIONS; RELIABILITY AND SAFETIES; RESILIENCE;

RELIABILITY THEORY;

ACCIDENT; ADAPTATION; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; DECISION MAKING; DOCUMENTATION; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MEDICAL RESEARCH; POLITICAL SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; RELIABILITY; RELIABILITY DRIFT MANAGEMENT; RESILIENCE THEORY; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; TASK PERFORMANCE; THEORY; UNCERTAINTY;

EID: 85013799932     PISSN: 09257535     EISSN: 18791042     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ssci.2016.03.004     Document Type: Article

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