New detailed numerical procedures for calculating risk measures in hazardous materials transportation

Journal of Loss Prevention in the Process Industries

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 507-515

  Leonelli, Paolo ^a   Bonvicini, Sarah ^a   Spadoni, Gigliola ^a  

^a Mining Eng Environ Technol U ^*  (Italy)

Author keywords

Hazardous materials; Individual risk; Risk analysis; Societal risk; Transportation

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HAZARDOUS MATERIALS; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; RISK ASSESSMENT; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

SOCIETAL RISKS; SOFTWARE PACKAGE TRANSIN; SOFTWARE PACKAGE TRANSSOC;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION;

HAZARD MANAGEMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; TRANSPORTATION SAFETY;

EID: 0032695570     PISSN: 09504230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0950-4230(99)00023-6     Document Type: Article

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