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1 online resource |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Online resource; title from PDF title page (ScienceDirect, viewed April 2, 2015). |
| Contents |
Front Cover; Designing for Human Reliability: Human Factors Engineering in the Oil, Gas, and Process Industries; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Preface; Why is this news?; On my opinions; Reference; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1: Introduction; What is reliable human performance?; People are, usually, reliable; Three approaches to ensuring human reliability; Design-induced human unreliability; Investigating the human contribution to incidents; Purpose; Organization of the book; References; Part 1: Local rationality at the Formosa Plastics Corporation; The principle of Local Rationality. |
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Chapter 5: Costs and benefits of human factors engineeringThe costs of design-induced human unreliability; Ask your operators; Perspectives on the costs and benefits of HFE; The project perspective; The owner's perspective; Experience; Human reliability and production; Human error in maintenance; An example: Before and after HFE; How much does it cost to implement an HFE program?; Timing and personnel costs; Non-personnel costs; Summary; References; Chapter 6: Hard truths and principles of human factors engineering; The principles of HFE; Hard truths of human performance. |
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Hard truth 1: Human performance is situationalHard truth 2: Design influences behavior; Take the high road ... ; People are social and tribal; Hard truth 3: People will find the easy way; Affordances and signifiers; Cognitive compatibility; HFE issues with duplex filters; Operators sometimes misunderstand the status of equipment; Summary; References; Chapter 7: Critical tasks; The nature of ``tasksþþ; Describing tasks; Critical tasks; An example of a critical task; Summary; References; Chapter 8: HFE and weak signals; The characteristics of weak signals; Types of weak signals. |
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References; Part 2: The scope and value of human factors engineering; References; Chapter 4: An introduction to HFE; The HFE star; A dual fatality offshore; The driller; The objectives of HFE; Being able to move about easily, efficiently and safely; Getting the eyes, hands and ears ``on-taskþþ; Being able to perform tasks to the required accuracy and reliability without excessive effort, discomfort or exposure to risk; Being able to interact and communicate effectively and efficiently; Achieving the HFE objectives; Summary; References. |
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Human engineering.
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Ergonomie.
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ergonomics.
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Human engineering
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| Other Form: |
Print version: McLeod, Ronald W. Designing for human reliability. First edition. Waltham, MA, USA : Elsevier Gulf Professional Publishing, 2015 9780128024218 0128024216 |
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0081005261 |
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9780081005262 |
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9780128024218 |
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0128024216 |
| Standard No. |
AU@ 000054852772 |
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AU@ 000061132198 |
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CHBIS 010547775 |
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CHNEW 001012819 |
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CHVBK 34178320X |
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DEBBG BV043216328 |
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DEBSZ 434091758 |
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DEBSZ 482374403 |
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GBVCP 825926475 |
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