This book addresses human factors research in energy an emphasis on human factors applications
in design construction and operation of nuclear electrical power generation and oil and gas
assets. It discusses advanced strategies in the optimization of human and environmental
performance as well as personal and process safety. The book covers a wealth of topics in
design and operation management of both offshore and onshore facilities including design of
control rooms front-end engineering design (FEED) criticality analysis offshore transport
human contributions to accidents cognitive bias in decision making safety-critical human
tasks and many others. Based on the AHFE 2016 International Conference on Human Factors in
Energy held on July 27-31 2016 in Walt Disney World® Florida USA the book fills an
important gap in the current literature providing readers with state-of-the-art knowledge in
human factors best-practice approaches across different types of industries and energy
applications.
