- Author
- Groner, N. E.
- Title
- Important "People" Problems in Hazard Analyses Can Be Modeled by Using a Cognitive Systems Approach.
- Coporate
- California Univ., Berkeley
- Book or Conf
- Fire Risk and Hazard Assessment Symposium. Research and Practice: Bridging the Gap. Proceedings. National Fire Protection Research Foundation. June 26-28, 1996, San Francisco, CA, 422-429 p., 1996
- Keywords
- fire risk | hazard assessment | fire protection | fire research | codes | standards | hazard analysis | life safety | decision making | human behavior | evacuation | egress | systems engineering | mapping
- Identifiers
- physical systems models yield incomplete designs because human 'cognitive' abilities to adapt to uncertain situations are not described; cognitive systems engineering approach, when combined with physical models, provides a comprehensive and integrated view of fire safety systems; deciding when to evacuat a building is an example of distributed cognition; determining which route of egress a person will choose to follow