Human and management factors in probabilistic risk analysis: The SAM approach and observations from recent applications

Reliability Engineering and System Safety

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 115-126

  Paté Cornell, M Elisabeth ^a   Murphy, Dean M ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ANESTHESIOLOGY; FAILURE (MECHANICAL); FIRES; HEAT SHIELDING; HUMAN ENGINEERING; MANAGEMENT; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PERSONNEL; PROBABILITY; PRODUCTION PLATFORMS; SPACE SHUTTLES;

ANALYTICAL LINKS; MANAGEMENT FACTORS; PROBABILISTIC RISK ANALYSIS; SYSTEM ACTION MANAGEMENT;

RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 0030205540     PISSN: 09518320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0951-8320(96)00040-3     Document Type: Article

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