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Human Performance and Limitations

Summary

The course Human Performance and Limitations is designed primarily to help students understand the role of man in a man-made system. It consists not only of the technological part (technical factor), but also of the people who design, operate and maintain the system (human and organizational factor). After a long period of development of man-made systems, in the event of their failure, only the reliability (safety) of technologies was addressed, while human performance and reliability were addressed only marginally. This course will enable students to understand the importance of the impact of human performance and reliability on the efficiency and especially the safety of man-made systems, where direct failure of the human factor currently contributes to the causes of failure of the entire system (incidents, accidents) in circa 75%. As part of the study of this course, students will gain knowledge about important aspects of human performance and reliability in aircraft operations, the main sources of this failure and especially measures that can permanently reduce the risk of human failure to an acceptable level due to the expected consequences.

Literature

HAWKINS, Frank H. Human factors in flight. Brookfield, Vt., U.S.A.: Gower Pub. Co., c1987. ISBN 0291397395 .
WISE, John A., V. David HOPKIN a Daniel J. GARLAND. Handbook of aviation human factors. 2nd ed. Boca Raton: CRC Press, c2010. Human factors in transportation. ISBN 0805859063 .

Advised literature

REASON J.: Human Error. Cambridge University Press, New York, USA, 2009. ISBN: 978-0-521-31419-0


Language of instruction čeština, čeština, čeština, čeština, čeština, čeština, čeština, čeština, čeština, čeština
Code 342-0389
Abbreviation LVaO
Course title Human Performance and Limitations
Coordinating department Institute of Transport
Course coordinator doc. Ing. Vladimír Smrž, Ph.D.