Chapter 1: Introduction and study context

Chapter overview and links to contents

1.1 Overview

This section tells where to find what; what is more or less central to the thesis; what chapters 2, 3, 4, and 5 are about, and how you could skip them.

1.2 The apparent problem area

Discussed here are some of the major practical problems in the real world that this thesis work is ultimately directed towards.

1.2.1 The problem in general

1.2.2 Automation

1.2.3 Particular problems

1.2.3.1 Maritime collisions

1.2.3.2 Nuclear power plants

1.2.3.3 The study of errors

1.3 Placing this study in its general context

This section describes the academic context of the thesis topic by unpacking the meaning of the terms used in the title.

1.3.1 Control tasks

1.3.2 Complexity

1.3.3 Cognitive aspects

1.3.4 Modelling

1.4 Structural outline

This section gives more af a logical view of the structure of the thesis, as opposed to a surface view. There is a diagram showing many of the influences and paths of development in the thesis.