Cognitive theory, identifiability and human reliability analysis (HRA)
โ Scribed by Barry H. Kantowitz; Yushi Fujita
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1990
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 654 KB
- Volume
- 29
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0951-8320
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โฆ Synopsis
The relationship between cognitive psychology and human factors engineering is examined in the context of liRA. Some difficulttes in achievmg pragmattc engineering goals with extsting human factors tools are discussed. Some dangers in the wanton use of mathematical curve-fitting techniques are illustrated along with the evils of premature attempts to quantify ambiguous psychological concepts. A strategy for combining cognitive psychology and reliability engineering is sketched.
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