A text retrieval method for the European Commission's MARS database: Selecting human error related accidents

Safety Science

Volumn 32, Issue 2-3, 1999, Pages 71-91

  Rushton, A ^b   Kawka, N ^a  

^a JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

^b LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Expert systems; Hazard analysis; Industrial accidents; MARS; Text retrieval

Indexed keywords

DATABASE SYSTEMS; EXPERT SYSTEMS; HAZARDS; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL;

INDUSTRIAL ACCIDENTS; MAJOR ACCIDENT REPORTING SYSTEM (MARS); TEXT RETRIEVAL;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION;

CLASSIFICATION; DATA BASE; ERROR; EUROPEAN UNION; EXPERT SYSTEM; HAZARD; INFORMATION; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCIENCE; SHORT SURVEY; TECHNIQUE;

EID: 0033166429     PISSN: 09257535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0925-7535(99)00012-0     Document Type: Article

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