A methodology of human factors analysis for systems engineering: theory and applications

Author

Cacciabue, Pietro Carlo

Author_Institution

Inst. for Syst., Inf. & Safety, Joint Res. Centre, Ispra, Italy

Volume

27

Issue

3

fYear

1997

fDate

5/1/1997 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

325

Lastpage

339

Abstract

This paper discusses a methodology for studying human erroneous behavior that comprises four modeling phases, namely: (1) a paradigm of human behavior; (2) a taxonomy and related tables for human erroneous actions; (3) a set of data and correlations from the real working environment; and (4) a procedure for application of the methodology to different types of analysis, at different levels of complexity. The methodology has been developed to support possible applications of human factors to design and safety assessment of technological systems. The results of some applications are presented for prospective and retrospective studies in the domains of nuclear reactors and civil aviation

Keywords

human factors; safety; systems engineering; civil aviation; design; human erroneous behavior; human factors analysis; nuclear reactor; real working environment; safety assessment; systems engineering; technological systems; Automatic control; Control systems; Data engineering; Design automation; Hafnium; Human factors; Man machine systems; Safety; Systems engineering and theory; Taxonomy;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Systems, Man and Cybernetics, Part A: Systems and Humans, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1083-4427

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/3468.568741

Filename

568741