Human factors models for aviation accident analysis and prevention

✍ Scribed by Griffin, Thomas G. C.; Stanton, Neville Anthony; Young, Mark S

• Publisher: Ashgate Publishing Company
• Year: 2015
• Tongue: English
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Aviation is a complex system, and the investigation and modelling of aviation accident causation can suffer from being artificially manipulated into non-complex models and methods. This book addresses this issue by developing a new approach to investigating aviation accident causation through information networks, which centralise communication and the flow of information as key indicators of a system's health and risk. The book's new model offers many potential developments and some key areas are studied in this research, maintaining firm focus on the overall health of a system. Read more...

Abstract:

The investigation and modelling of aviation accident causation is dominated by linear models. This book addresses this issue by developing a new approach to investigating aviation accident causation through information networks. It presents a new model that offers many potential developments and some key areas are studied in this research. Read more...

✦ Table of Contents

Content: Cover
Contents
List of Figures
List of Tables
About the Authors
List of Abbreviations
1 Introduction
1 The Field of Human Factors
2 Objectives and Aims of the Book
3 Structure of the Book
2 Modelling a Dynamic World
1 Accident Causation Models
2 Runway Overrun at Bangkok (QF1)
3 Current Application of Human Factors in Aviation Accident Investigation
4 Incidents: A Tool for Proactive Safety
5 The Influence of Modern Technology
Conclusions
Summary
3 A Complex Approach to a Complex Scenario
1 Event Analysis of Systemic Teamwork (EAST)
2 The Kegworth Air Disaster 3 Data Gathering4 Analysis of Networks
5 Implications for Further Work and Limitations
Summary
4 Development of a Study
1 The Importance of Centralising Communication
2 Expanding on the Idea of 'Ideal' Networks
3 Statistical Analysis of Networks
4 Selection of a Suitable Metric
Conclusions
5 Extending the Potential of Information Networks: A Bayesian Approach
1 General Aviation: The 'Unprofessional' Genre?
2 Investigating General Aviation Accidents
3 Developing a Bayesian Information Network Approach
4 Outcomes, Limitations and Future Work
Summary 6 Can We Validate Networks Derived from Incident Data Through Simulation? A Pilot Study1 Can a Validation Approach be Validated?
2 Methodology
3 Results
4 Other Results of Interest
5 Discussion
Summary
7 Incidents versus Accidents: An Industrial Study
1 Safety Management Systems within Industry
2 'They've Rebadged it you Fool!' A Review of Best Practice in Aviation and Beyond
3 Is Risk Really = Severity × Frequency?
4 The 'Distance from Disaster' Model
5 Discussion of the Benefits and Limitations of Working in Industry
6 Conclusions and Further Work
Summary
8 Conclusions 1 Book Contribution2 Tying Together Several Aspects of the Book
3 Developments and Directions for Future Work
4 Closing Remarks
References
Index

✦ Subjects

Aeronautics;Human factors.;Aircraft accidents;Investigation.;Aeronautics;Safety measures.;Aircraft accidents;Prevention.;BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Infrastructure;SOCIAL SCIENCE / General