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A modern large electrical power plant, powered by fossil fuels, hydro, nuclear energy, etc., may simply be called a complex human–machine system that controls a thermodynamic process employed for generating electricity. The machine aspect of the system is a rather sophisticated arrangement of software and hardware elements that are generally highly reliable and redundant. The human aspect of the system is a fairly large sociotechnological organization with engineering, management, training, operations, and maintenance manpower.
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Dhillon, B.S. (2014). Human Factors in Power Generation. In: Human Reliability, Error, and Human Factors in Power Generation. Springer Series in Reliability Engineering. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-04019-6_6
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