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The complexity of failure: Implications of complexity theory for safety investigations
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- Authors
- Dekker, S., Cilliers, P., & Hofmeyr, J.-H.
- Venue
- Safety Science
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2011-07
- Volume
- 49
- Issue
- 6
- Pages
- 939-945
- ISSN
- 0925-7535 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2086423650
- Cited by
- 398
- References
- 35
- FWCI
- 32.35
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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