Making Automation Work.

The article discusses the advantages and disadvantages of automation, and the areas that need to be improved in order for automation to achieve its full potential. The likelihood that a commuter rail accident in Washington, D.C., in June 2009 was caused by a computer malfunction is mentioned, noting...

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Published in:	Communications of the ACM Vol. 52; no. 12; pp. 18 - 20
Main Author:	Greengard, Samuel
Format:	Article
Published:	Association for Computing Machinery Dec2009
Subjects:	Automation Computer system failures Railroad accidents Human-machine relationship Human-computer interaction Mechanization Washington (D.C.)
Online Access:	View this record in EBSCOhost