The Complexity of Proceduralized Tasks

• Main Author: Park, Jinkyun. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: London : Springer London, 2009.
• Series: Springer Series in Reliability Engineering,
• Subjects: Engineering.; Engineering economy.; System safety.; Structural control (Engineering).; Quality Control, Reliability, Safety and Risk.; Operating Procedures, Materials Treatment.; Engineering Economics, Organization, Logistics, Marketing.
• Online Access: https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-84882-791-2

Procedures are usually written as clearly as possible to make them easy for users to understand. Despite this, procedures are rarely able to provide precise instructions about every possible situation, so following a procedure can often be harder than it seems: it is not a simple task, but rather a...

Table of Contents:

• Complexity of Proceduralized Tasks
• Significant Complexity Factors
• Introduction to Software Complexity
• Emergency Tasks Prescribed in the EOPs of NPPs
• Analyzing the Required Actions Prescribed in Emergency Tasks
• Quantifying the Contribution of Task Complexity Factors
• Integrating the Contribution of Each Complexity Factor
• Validation of TACOM Measure
• Promising Applications
• Concluding Remarks with Outlooks.