Publications

Measuring safety in aviation

As part of their SMS, aviation service providers are required to develop and maintain the means to verify the safety performance of their organisation and to validate the effectiveness of safety risk controls. ...

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Measuring Safety in Aviation: Empirical Results about the Relation between Safety Outcomes and Safet

The following research paper is published for The Seventh International Conference on Performance, Safety and Robustness in Complex Systems and Applications. See the content of the paper below.

Can the STAMP Model Serve in Establishing a Common Language?

A symbiotic relationship between human factors and safety scientists is needed to ensure the provision of holistic solutions for problems emerging in modern socio-technical systems. System Theoretic Accident Model ...

Exploring the Diversity in Safety Measurement Practices: Empirical Results from Aviation

A literature review, which was conducted during the research project “Measuring Safety in Aviation – Developing Metrics for Safety Management Systems”, identified several problems and challenges ...

Editorial of the 1st International Cross-Industry Safety Conference proceedings

The Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences was proud to organize the 1st International Cross-industry Safety Conference (ICSC) dedicated to both practical and theoretical aspects of safety. The conference ...

How Completely and Similarly Do Safety Authorities Address Hazards Posed by New Technology?

The continuous increase of accident and incident reports has indicated the potential of drones to threaten public safety. The published regulatory framework for small drones is not visibly based on a comprehensive ...

Measuring Safety Through the Distance Between System States with the RiskSOAP Indicator

Modern engineering systems are complex socio-technical structures with a mission to offer services of high quality, while in parallel ensuring profitability for their owners. However, practice has shown that ...

Exploiting data from safety investigations and processes to assess performance of safety management

This paper presents an alternative way to use records from safety investigations as a means to support the evaluation of safety management (SM) aspects. Datasets from safety investigation reports and progress records ...

Safety Culture Development: the Gap Between Industry Guidelines and Literature, and the Differences

Reason’s typology of safety culture (i.e. Just, Informative, Learning, Flexible and Reporting cultures) is widely used in the industry and academia. Through literature review we developed a framework including ...

Do experts agree when assessing risks? An empirical study

Risk matrices have been widely used in the industry under the notion that risk is a product of likelihood by severity of the hazard or safety case under consideration. When reliable raw data are not available to feed ...

Critical review of safety performance metrics

Various tools for safety performance measurement have been introduced in order to fulfil the need for safety monitoring in organisations, which is tightly related to their overall performance and achievement of their ...

Combining Soft System Methodology and Pareto Analysis in Safety Management Performance Assessment

Although reengineering is strategically advantageous for organisations in order to keep functional and sustainable, safety must remain a priority and respective efforts need to be maintained. This paper suggests the ...

Using STPA in the evaluation of fighter pilots training programs

This paper presents how the application of the STPA method might support the evaluation of fighter pilots training programs and trigger procedural and technological changes. We applied the STPA method by considering ...

Editorial STAMP EU 2015

Following the successful 3rd European STAMP Workshop in Amsterdam (5-6 October 2015), organised by the Aviation Academy of the Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences, we are pleased to present to the academic and ...

Human Error Views: Measuring the Distance between Academia and Industry

The paper presents a framework that through structured analysis of accident reports explores the differences between practice and academic literature as well amongst organizations regarding their views on human error.

Effects of Employment Costs and Task Load on Human Error

Market competition and global financial uncertainty have been the principal drivers that impel aviation companies to proceed to budget cuts, including decreases in salary and work force levels, in order to ensure ...

Evaluating Advancements in Accident Investigations Using a Novel Framework

Safety is monitored by various proactive and reactive methods, including the investigation of adverse accidents and incidents, which are collectively known as safety investigations. In this study we demonstrate how ...

Applied Simulation and Optimization: In Logistics, Industrial and Aeronautical Practice

Presenting techniques, case-studies and methodologies that combine the use of simulation approaches with optimization techniques for facing problems in manufacturing, logistics, or aeronautical problems, this book ...

Large Neighbourhood Search and Simulation for Disruption Management in the Airline Industry

The airline industry is one of the most affected by operational disruptions, defined as deviations from originally planned operations. Due to airlines network configuration, delays are rapidly propagated to ...