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Cindynics, the science of danger a wake-up call /

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This book offers a new perspective to uncover the keys to accident and disaster avoidance. Created with a working group, it presents research and understanding on the root causes of disasters. Indeed, beyond technical failures, human beings are at the heart of organizations and, through the exchange...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Planchette, Guy
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London, UK : Hoboken, NJ : ISTE Ltd. ; Wiley, 2021.
Series:Reliability of multiphysical systems set ; v. 11.
Subjects:
Risk management.
Accidents.
Risk Management
Accidents
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Front Matter
  • Understanding Cindynics
  • The Usefulness of the Cindynics Approach and Method
  • The Usefulness of Cindynics Tools
  • Reducing Risk Sources
  • A Comparative View Between Dependability and Cindynics
  • Perspectives
  • Conclusion
  • Examples of Approaches
  • Appendices. Current Risk Management and its Shortcomings
  • Notions of Interaction and Complexity
  • The Grounded Theorization Method
  • Notions of Quantum Theory
  • Summary of CSDs
  • Archeocindynic Study
  • Bhopal Study
  • More Information About Bhopal
  • Collection of Information on the Queen Mary II Gangway Accident
  • Queen Mary Accident Cause Tree
  • Collection of Information on the Deepwater Horizon Oil Rig Accident
  • Synthesis Note of the Work of IMdR-AFPCN: Vulnerability of Networks and Natural Disasters
  • The New Cindynics Concepts Training Course
  • Postface
  • Glossary
  • References
  • Index
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