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Drift into Failure : From Hunting Broken Components to Understanding Complex Systems

Paperback • 2011 • Norwegian Bokmål

Drift into Failure : From Hunting Broken Components to Understanding Complex Systems

By Sidney Dekker

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About the book

What does the collapse of sub-prime lending have in common with a broken jackscrew in an airliner's tailplane? Or the oil spill disaster in the Gulf of Mexico with the burn-up of Space Shuttle Columbia? These were systems that drifted into failure. While pursuing success in a dynamic, complex environment with limited resources and multiple goal conflicts, a succession of small, everyday decisions eventually produced breakdowns on a massive scale. We have trouble grasping the complexity and norm...Show more

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ISBN

9781409422228

Publisher

Farnham, Surrey, GBR : Ashgate Publishing Ltd

Published year

2011

Language

Norwegian Bokmål

Original title

Drift into Failure : From Hunting Broken Components to Understanding Complex Systems

Format

Paperback

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