Development of an inherent safety index based on fuzzy logic

AIChE Journal

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 959-968

  Gentile, Michela ^a   Rogers, William J ^a   Mannan, M Sam ^a  

^a Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOOLEAN ALGEBRA; INFORMATION ANALYSIS; SAFETY FACTOR;

SAFETY INDEX;

FUZZY SETS;

FUZZY MATHEMATICS;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ENGINEERING; FIRE; PROCESS DESIGN; RISK ASSESSMENT; THEORY;

EID: 0037395503     PISSN: 00011541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aic.690490413     Document Type: Article

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