Identifying the cause of human errors in ship navigation

• Main Author: Huang, Bing Yao.
• Other Authors: School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: 2010
• Subjects: DRNTU::Engineering::Industrial engineering::Human factors engineering; DRNTU::Engineering::Maritime studies::Maritime science and technology
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/40615
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Humans play a compulsory role in the navigation of ships and therefore leading to being one of the causal factors of maritime accidents. In fact, studies have shown that majority of accidents at sea are generally attributed to human errors or associated with human errors. This project aims to identi...