ABSTRACT
Chapter 2 presents a review of human error detection literature from a systems perspective and provides the context for the research presented in the book. Despite an extensive literature review, the nature and extent of the I-LED phenomenon is not understood fully and appears to be an underexplored safety field; causes of error and proximal error detection having been researched widely. To explore the phenomenon, a new theoretical framework is introduced based on a multi-process systems approach that combines theories on prospective memory, supervisory attentional system and schemata. Several examples from a UK military safety database are also analysed for existence of the phenomenon and applicability of the multi-process systems approach.
