Front Cover; Human Reliability: Analysis, Prediction, and Prevention of Human Error; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Chapter 1. HUMANUM EST ERRARE; 1.1 MAN-MACHINE SYSTEM; 1.2 AUTOMATION AND THE MAN'S CHANGING ROLE; 1.3 HUMAN ERRORS; 1.4 HUMAN INITIATED FAILURE; 1.5 HUMAN ERRORS IN PRODUCTION; 1.6 INSPECTION ERRORS AND PRODUCT QUALITY; 1.7 IMPORTANCE OF HUMAN ERRORS IN SYSTEM SAFETY; Chapter 2. PSYCHOLOGY OF HUMAN ERROR; 2.1 HUMAN BEHAVIOR IN A MAN-MACHINE SYSTEM; 2.2 INFORMATION THEORY; 2.3 HUMAN SENSING CAPABILITIES; 2.4 HUMAN INFORMATION PROCESSING CAPABILITIES; 2.5 HUMAN MEMORY

2.6 HUMAN MOTOR RESPONSE CAPABILITIES2.7 LEARNING; 2.8 OTHER STRESS FACTORS AFFECTING HUMAN PERFORMANCE; Chapter 3. HUMAN ERROR; 3.1 THE NATURE OF HUMAN ERROR; 3.2 ANATOMY OF LARGE SCALE ACCIDENTS; 3.3 HUMAN ERROR PREVENTIVE TECHNIQUES; Chapter 4. HUMAN ENGINEERING IN SYSTEMS DESIGN; 4.1 HUMAN ENGINEERING; 4.2 MAN-MACHINE SYSTEMS DESIGN; 4.3 HUMAN AS SENSOR; 4.4 HUMAN AS INFORMATION PROCESSOR; 4.5 HUMAN AS CONTROLLER; 4.6 WORKING CONDITIONS; 4.7 HUMAN-COMPUTER INTERACTION; 4.8 FLEXIBLE MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS AND ROBOTICS; 4.9 THE VALUES OF HUMAN ENGINEERING

Chapter 5. BASIC CONCEPTS AND MEASURES OF RELIABILITY5.1 RELIABILITY; 5.2 BASIC RELIABILITY CONCEPTS AND DERIVATIONS; 5.3 BASIC FAILURE LAWS; 5.4 RENEWAL THEORY; 5.5 ALTERNATING RENEWAL PROCESS AND AVAILABILITY; 5.6 NONHOMOGENEOUS POISSON PROCESS ; Chapter 6. ANALYSIS OF SYSTEM RELIABILITY; 6.1 SYSTEM RELIABILITY MODELS; 6.2 ANALYSIS OF COMPLEX SYSTEMS; 6.3 SPECIAL SYSTEMS; 6.4 RELIABILITY OPTIMIZATION; Chapter 7. HUMAN RELIABILITY PREDICTION; 7.1 MEASUREMENT OF HUMAN ERROR; 7.2 HUMAN RELIABILITY; 7.3 PREDICTIVE TECHNIQUES FOR HUMAN ERROR PROBABILITIES; 7.4 CRITICAL INCIDENCE TECHNIQUE

7.5 HUMAN ERROR DATA BANKS7.6 TASK CRITICALITY ANALYSIS; 7.7 TECHNIQUE FOR HUMAN ERROR RATE PREDICTION (THERP); 7.8 OPERATOR-ACTION TREE METHODOLOGY; 7.9 FAULT-TREE ANALYSIS; 7.10 FAULT-TREE ANALYSIS OF INTERMITTENT EVENTS; 7.11 DIGITAL SIMULATION FOR HUMAN RELIABILITY PREDICTION; Chapter 8. NEW HORIZONS; 8.1 HUMAN ERROR AND LEARNING; 8.2 HUMAN ERROR IN INDUSTRIAL QUALITY INSPECTION; 8.3 HUMAN ERROR IN MAINTENANCE; 8.4 APPLICATION OF OPTIMAL CONTROL MODELS TO HUMAN RELIABILITY ANALYSIS; 8.5 PROGRAMMING ERROR AND SOFTWARE RELIABILITY; 8.6 FUZZY SETS AND APPLICATIONS

8.7 IMPACT OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND EXPERT SYSTEMS ON MANMACHINE SYSTEM RELIABILITYREFERENCES; ABOUT THE AUTHOR; SUBJECT INDEX