Applying Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) to choose a human factors technique: Choosing the suitable Human Reliability Analysis technique for the automotive industry

Safety Science

Volumn 119, Issue , 2019, Pages 229-239

  Petruni, Alberto ^a   Giagloglou, Evanthia ^a   Douglas, Ewan ^b   Geng, Jie ^c,e   Leva, Maria Chiara ^d   Demichela, Micaela ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KRAGUJEVAC   (Serbia)

^b TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^c POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

^d DUBLIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Ireland)

^e Dedicated Reservoir Engineering and Management   (Italy)

Author keywords

Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP); Automotive manufacturing industry; Human Reliability Analysis (HRA)

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC HIERARCHY PROCESS; AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEMS; HUMAN ENGINEERING; MANUFACTURE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY ENGINEERING;

ANALYTIC HIERARCHY PROCESS (AHP); AUTOMOTIVE MANUFACTURING; AUTOMOTIVE MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES; HUMAN MACHINE INTERFACE; HUMAN RELIABILITY ANALYSIS; INDUSTRY GUIDELINES; INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS; LEVEL OF AUTOMATIONS;

RELIABILITY ANALYSIS;

ANALYTIC HIERARCHY PROCESS; ARTICLE; AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY; DATA ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; ERGONOMICS; HUMAN; HUMAN RELIABILITY ANALYSIS TECHNIQUE; INDUSTRY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS DEVELOPMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; STANDARD;

EID: 85019718070     PISSN: 09257535     EISSN: 18791042     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ssci.2017.05.007     Document Type: Article

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