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Human Error: Cause, Prediction, and Reduction

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This chapter discusses error, taxonomic issues, and the proper classification of Errors in the context of risk management and the control of Error.
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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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Reducing the Frequency of Errors in Medicine Using Information Technology

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How do we know that we know? The accessibility model of the feeling of knowing.

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A Human Error Approach to Aviation Accident Analysis: The Human Factors Analysis and Classification System

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