search for books and compare prices
David D. Woods has written 6 work(s)
Search for other authors with the same name
displaying 1 to 6 | at end
show results in order: alphabetically | oldest to newest | newest to oldest
Cover for 9780754646419 Cover for 9780754649045 Cover for 9780849339332 Cover for 9780849328213 Cover for 9780123526557 Cover for 9780387139227
Product Description: Failure is due to brittle systems, not human error. Systems operate successfully due to sources of resilience, usually hidden or under-appreciated. Ironically, brittleness plagues systems due to new capabilities that increase and hide interdependencies, and therefore complexity is the source of the threats to safety as well as to long-term financial viability of organizations...read more

Hardcover:

9781472420756 | CRC Pr I Llc, April 28, 2016, cover price $149.95 | About this edition: Failure is due to brittle systems, not human error.

Paperback:

9781472420763 | Reprint edition (CRC Pr I Llc, April 22, 2017), cover price $49.95 | About this edition: Failure is due to brittle systems, not human error.

cover image for 9780754649045
By Erik Hollnagel (editor), Nancy Leveson (editor) and David D. Woods (editor)

Hardcover:

9780754646419 | CRC Pr I Llc, April 30, 2006, cover price $149.95

Paperback:

9780754649045 | CRC Pr I Llc, September 1, 2006, cover price $49.95

cover image for 9780849339332
Product Description: Our fascination with new technologies is based on the assumption that more powerful automation will overcome human limitations and make our systems 'faster, better, cheaper,' resulting in simple, easy tasks for people. But how does new technology and more powerful automation change our work? Research in Cognitive Systems Engineering (CSE) looks at the intersection of people, technology, and work...read more

Hardcover:

9780849339332 | CRC Pr I Llc, April 2, 2006, cover price $132.95 | About this edition: Our fascination with new technologies is based on the assumption that more powerful automation will overcome human limitations and make our systems 'faster, better, cheaper,' resulting in simple, easy tasks for people.

cover image for 9780387139227
Product Description: Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Study Institute on Intelligent Decision Support in Process Environments, held in San Miniato, Italy, September 16-27, 1985

Hardcover:

9780387139227 | Springer Verlag, September 1, 1986, cover price $149.00 | About this edition: Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Study Institute on Intelligent Decision Support in Process Environments, held in San Miniato, Italy, September 16-27, 1985

displaying 1 to 6 | at end