Computer Control and Human Error

by Trevor A. Kletz

Computer Control and Human Error presents accounts of various incidents at computer-controlled plants. These incidents include equipment and software faults; treating the computer as a "black box"; misjudging the way operators respond to the computer; errors in the data entry; failure to inform operators of changes in data or programs; and unauthorized interference with peripheral equipment. The discussion then turns to the use of hazard and...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0884152693
• ISBN13: 9780884152699
• Release Date: October 1995
• Publisher: Gulf Professional Publishing
• Length: 132 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.4" x 9.5"