MIE240H1 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Intentional Base On Balls, Expert System, Cruise Control
16 Feb 2016
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Commision: doing something that should not have been done (ex. hitting delete instead of save) Omission: forgetting to do something (ex. tightening the screw after a procedure) Mistake: an inappropriate action, but was intended. Knowledge-based: failures of understanding or perceptual errors. Rule-based: human is unaware of, or misapplied, the rules of governing behaviour (in britain, driving on the wrong side of the road) Mistake similarity: similarity to a previous situation makes people think a new situation is the same. Misjudged probability: people estimate rare events are more likely than they are or people estimate common events are less likely than they are. Rationalizing small events:explain away small events as normal or insignificant. A chain of small events can create a large problem. Violation (adaption): intentional error (ex. ignoring safety precautions) Slip: incorrect action, was not intended (ex. Ex. hitting delete key instead of save key (commision)
