A new importance measure for risk-informed decision making

Reliability Engineering and System Safety

Volumn 72, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 193-212

  Borgonovo, E ^a   Apostolakis, G E ^a  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

Author keywords

Differential importance measure; Fussell Vesely; Importance measures; Risk achievement worth

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; PROBABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT;

CRITICALITY IMPORTANCE MEASURES; DIFFERENTIAL IMPORTANCE MEASURE (DIM); PROBABILISTIC SAFETY ASSESSMENT (PSA); RISK ACHIEVEMENT WORTH (RAW);

DECISION MAKING;

EID: 0035341687     PISSN: 09518320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0951-8320(00)00108-3     Document Type: Article

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