The purpose of this presentation is to trace the development of Fault Logic Trees, explain their theoretical structure, discuss their forensic importance, and present four illustrative examples of their use in past court cases. The examples are all man-machine interactions, and include a variety of formats and one probabilistic risk tree.
Get full access to this article
View all access options for this article.
References
1.
CarterCorlett, “A Model of the Contribution of Work Stress to Industrial Accidents”Proceedings of the Human Factors Society, 1983, pp. 700–703.
2.
CoakleyFucigna, Human Engineering Recommendations for the Instrumentation of Radar. Report AN/FPS-16 (Xn-2), 1955, RCA, Moorestown, NJ.
3.
Dhillon, Human Reliability with Human Factors.Pergamon Press, 1986.
4.
HallFragolaWreathall, Post Event Human Decision Errors: Operator Action Tree/Time Reliability Correlation.U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Comission, NUREG/CR-3010, 1982.
5.
Kirwan, “Human Reliability Analysis of an Offshore Emergency Blowdown System”Applied Ergonomics, March 1987, 18.1, 23–33.
LehtoMiller, Warnings: Fundamentals, Design and Evaluation Methodologies. Vol. I. Fuller Technical Pubs., Ann Arbor, 1986.
8.
RasmussenDuncanLePlat, eds., New Technology and Human Error.J. Wiley & Sons, 1987.
9.
SmithGriffinRockwellThomas, “Modeling Fault Diagnosis as the Activation and Use of a Frame System,”Human Factors.1986. 28(6), 703–716.
10.
Swain, Accident Sequence Evaluation Program Human Reliability Analysis Procedure.U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, NUREG/CR-4772, SAND86–1996, February, 1987.
11.
SwainGuttman, Handbook of Human Reliability Analysis with Emphasis on Nuclear Power Plant Applications, Final Report, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, NUREG/CR-1278, SAND80–0200, August, 1983.
12.
ThompsonBennigsonWhitman, “A Proposed Structure for Displayed Information to Minimize Search Time Through a Data Base”American Documentation 1/68, 80–84.
13.
ThompsonKirschner, “Decision Tree Display Parameters for Interactive Graphics Computers”International Conference in Interactive Techniques in Computer-Aided Design Proceedings, Bologna, Italy, 9/21–23, 1978.
