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Mapping the influences of resilience engineering on health, safety, and environment and ergonomics management system by using Z ‐number cognitive map
Author(s) -
Zarrin Mansour,
Azadeh Ali
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
human factors and ergonomics in manufacturing and service industries
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.408
H-Index - 39
eISSN - 1520-6564
pISSN - 1090-8471
DOI - 10.1002/hfm.20766
Subject(s) - fuzzy cognitive map , cognitive ergonomics , preparedness , resilience (materials science) , computer science , vagueness , human factors and ergonomics , cognitive map , cognition , knowledge management , risk analysis (engineering) , fuzzy logic , poison control , artificial intelligence , fuzzy number , fuzzy set , psychology , medicine , physics , environmental health , neuroscience , political science , law , thermodynamics
This study evaluates and analyzes the impacts of resilience engineering (RE) principles on integrated health, safety, environment, and ergonomics (HSEE) management system. In decision sciences, information should be reliable due to uncertainty and vagueness existing in information. To this end, in this study, the concept of Z ‐numbers with fuzzy cognitive map (FCM) approach is integrated and a novel approach named Z ‐number cognitive map is proposed. The main advantages of the proposed approach are determination of the weighted causality relations (for employing FCM) as well as handling uncertainty (for considering Z ‐numbers concept). This approach is used to show the effects of RE indicators on HSEE management system. The required data for the proposed approach is collected from a large petrochemical plant by distributing questionnaires. According to the results, the RE principles have significant impact on HSEE management system. Top management commitment, learning, preparedness and awareness have the most impacts on environment, health, ergonomics and safety factors, respectively. This is the first study that employs Z ‐number cognitive map for evaluating and improving the impacts of RE on HSEE factors in a large petrochemical plant. The proposed approach in this study, can help managers of various safety‐critical systems to improve their performance in terms of HSEE factors using RE concept.