Expert System Application for Prioritizing Preventive Actions for Shift Work: Shift Expert.

Expert System Application for Prioritizing Preventive Actions for Shift Work: Shift Expert. Int J Occup Saf Ergon. 2017 Jul 04;:1-37 Authors: Esen H, Hatipoğlu T, Cihan A, Fığlalı N Abstract INTRODUCTION: Shift patterns, work hours, work arrangements, and worker motivations have increasingly become key factors for job performance. The main objective of this paper is to design an expert system that identifies the negative effects of shift work and prioritizes mitigation efforts according to their importance in preventing these negative effects. The proposed expert system will be referred to as shift expert. METHODS: A thorough literature review is conducted to determine the effects of shift work on workers. Our work indicates that shift work is linked to demographic variables, sleepiness and fatigue, health and well-being, and social and domestic conditions. These parameters constitute the sections of a questionnaire designed to focus on 26 important issues related to shift work. Then, shift expert is constructed to provide prevention advice at the individual and organizational levels, and it prioritizes this advice using a fuzzy analytic hierarchy process model, which considers comparison matrices provided by users during the prioritization process. An empirical study of 61 workers working on three rotating shifts is performed. After administering the questionnaires, the collected data are statistically analyzed, and then...
Source: International Journal of Occupational Safety and Ergonomics - Category: Occupational Health Tags: Int J Occup Saf Ergon Source Type: research