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Human Error: Cause, Prediction, and Reduction

Medical Entomology and ZoologyPublished 1 March 1991
John W. Senders, Neville P. Moray
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TL;DR

This chapter discusses error, taxonomic issues, and the proper classification of Errors in the context of risk management and the control of Error.

Abstract

Contents: E.A. Fleishman, Foreword. Preface. Introduction. Some Queries and Some Definitions. On Taxonomic Issues. On Theories of Error. On the Prediction of Error. On the Reduction or Elimination of Error. On the Proper Classification of Errors. On the Causes of Error. Risk Management and the Control of Error. Epilogue: Further Commentaries on Error. O. Pereira, All the King's Men. J. Wreathall, An Update on Human Error.

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