A risk assessment methodology for incorporating uncertainties using fuzzy concepts

Reliability Engineering and System Safety

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 173-183

  Cho, Hyo Nam ^a   Choi, Hyun Ho ^a   Kim, Yoon Bae ^b  

^a Hanyang University   (South Korea)

^b LG   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Event tree analysis; Fuzzy number; Fuzzy set theory; Membership curve; Risk analysis; Uncertainty model

Indexed keywords

FAULT TREE ANALYSIS; FUZZY SETS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROBABILITY;

EVENT TREE ANALYSIS; FUZZY NUMBERS;

RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 0036837918     PISSN: 09518320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0951-8320(02)00158-8     Document Type: Article

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