Use of technical expert panels: Applications to Probabilistic Seismic Hazard Analysis

Risk Analysis

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 463-469

  Budnitz, Robert J ^a   Apostolakis, George ^b   Boore, David M ^c   Cluff, Lloyd S ^d   Coppersmith, Kevin J ^e   Cornell, C Allin ^f   Morris, Peter A ^g  

^a Future Resources Associates   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^d PACIFIC GAS AND ELECTRIC COMPANY   (United States)

^e Geomatrix ^*

^f STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g Applied Decision Analysis Inc

Author keywords

Experts; Hazard; Probabilistic; Seismic

Indexed keywords

DATA REDUCTION; EARTHQUAKE RESISTANCE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROBABILITY;

EARTHQUAKE-CAUSED GROUND MOTIONS; PROBABILISTIC SEISMIC HAZARD ANALYSIS;

RISK ASSESSMENT;

METHODOLOGY; NATURAL HAZARD; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEISMIC HAZARD;

EARTHQUAKE; ELECTRIC POWER PLANT; PROBABILITY; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT; SITING; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032142863     PISSN: 02724332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1539-6924.1998.tb00361.x     Document Type: Review

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