A semi-quantitative reasoning methodology for filtering and ranking HAZOP results in HAZOPExpert

Reliability Engineering and System Safety

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 185-203

  Vaidhyanathan, Ramesh ^a   Venkatasubramanian, Venkat ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATION; CHEMICAL PLANTS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ETHYLENE; EXPERT SYSTEMS; OCCUPATIONAL RISKS; RISK ASSESSMENT; STANDARDS;

ETHYLENE PROCESS PLANT; HAZARD AND OPERABILITY ANALYSIS; HAZARD AND OPERABILITY EXPERT SYSTEM; PROCESS HAZARDS ANALYSIS; SEMI QUANTITATIVE REASONING METHODOLOGY;

HEALTH HAZARDS;

EID: 0030206660     PISSN: 09518320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0951-8320(96)00061-0     Document Type: Article

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