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I prefer the swiss cheese model. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swiss_cheese_model https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swiss_cheese_model "In the Swiss Cheese model,
by mjlee 9y ago
I prefer the swiss cheese model.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swiss_cheese_model https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swiss_cheese_model
"In the Swiss Cheese model, an organisation's defenses against failure are modeled as a series of barriers, represented as slices of cheese. The holes in the slices represent weaknesses in individual parts of the system and are continually varying in size and position across the slices. The system produces failures when a hole in each slice momentarily aligns, permitting (in Reason's words) "a trajectory of accident opportunity", so that a hazard passes through holes in all of the slices, leading to a failure."
A series of minor failures that combine for a serious crisis seems very relatable.
- civilian 9y agoYup! My cousin & cousin-in-law work to maintain human health at some nuclear power plants in Canada. They use the swiss-cheese model, and whenever they notice that one layer missed something, they do a re-evaulation of that safety layer.
- jabl 9y agoAha! I sense an opportunity for an enterprising statistical physicist to model this with https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Percolation_theory https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Percolation_theory :)