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As transportation systems, production processes, power plants, and communications networks have become more integrated and centralized, they have become increasingly complex. In an effort to cope with complexity, computers have been introduced for performing many monitoring and control functions. From the perspective of normal operations, this trend of integration, centralization, and automation appears highly desirable. However, in abnormal and emergency situations, the increasing complexity and the automation designed for dealing with this complexity can present considerable difficulty.
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Rasmussen, J., Rouse, W.B. (1981). Introduction. In: Rasmussen, J., Rouse, W.B. (eds) Human Detection and Diagnosis of System Failures. NATO Conference Series, vol 15. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-9230-3_1
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