OPERATIONS RESEARCH: IMPLICATIONS FOR SAFETY SYSTEMS MANAGEMENT

OPERATIONS RESEARCH AND SYSTEMS ANALYSIS CAN HELP IN SELECTING THE MOST BENEFICIAL OF SEVERAL WAYS OF COMPLYING WITH THE FEDERAL STANDARDS FOR STATE HIGHWAY SAFETY PROGRAMS. BY AIDING IN TESTING THE RELATIVE EFFECTIVENESS OF VARIOUS PROGRAM ELEMENTS AND SUB- ELEMENTS, THOSE THAT ARE BASED ON INVALID THEORIES OF ACCIDENT CAUSATION CAN BE ELIMINATED FROM THE PROGRAM AND MORE EFFECTIVE ONES SUBTITUTED. ALSO, PREVIOUS UNKNOWN FACTORS MAY BE DISCOVERED AND THEIR INFLUENCE DETERMINED. /AUTHOR/

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Vol 1, No 4, PP 227-235, REFS
• Corporate Authors:

  Behavioral Publications

  2852 Broadway
  New York, NY  United States  10025
• Authors:
  • Scott, B Y
  • TOURIN, B
  • Hollenberg, C S
• Publication Date: 1970

Media Info

• Serial:
  • Behavioral Research in Highway Safety
  • Volume: 1
  • Issue Number: 3
  • Publisher: Behavioral Publications

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Crash causes; Highway safety; Manual safety belts; Operations research; Safety; Systems analysis
• Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00221498
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Highway Safety Research Institute
• Report/Paper Numbers: HS-010 033
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Feb 24 1972 12:00AM