A methodology for evaluating alarm-processing systems using informational entropy-based measure and the analytic hierarchy process

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 46, Issue 6 PART 4, 1999, Pages 2269-2280

  Kang, Hyun G ^a   Seong, Poong H ^a  

^a Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Alarm system evaluation; Analytic hierarchy process; Entropy based measure

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; EIGENVALUES AND EIGENFUNCTIONS; ENTROPY; EVALUATION; INFORMATION THEORY; MAN MACHINE SYSTEMS; NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS; PROBABILITY; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS;

ALARM PROCESSING SYSTEMS; ANALYTIC HIERARCHY PROCESS; COGNITIVE COMPLEXITY; INFORMATIONAL ENTROPY;

ALARM SYSTEMS;

EID: 0033311551     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/23.819317     Document Type: Article

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