This updated second edition of the 1994 original work on the rethinking of common beliefs about human error as a contributing factor to accidents and unplanned outcomes, provides engineers, designers and policy planners with a practical analysis of the complexities of process failures. The work is divided into sections covering problems with traditional notions of human error, complex systems failure, transforming knowledge into practical application, design induced error, and hindsight bias and productive reactions to failure. The work includes numerous tables and figures as well as case studies. The authors of this volume are academics in the fields of ergonomics, system safety, cognitive psychology and industrial engineering from universities in the US and Sweden. Annotation ©2011 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)