Predicting the frequency of accidents in port areas by developing event trees from historical analysis

Journal of Loss Prevention in the Process Industries

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 551-560

  Ronza, A ^a   Felez S ^a   Darbra, R M ^a   Carol, S ^a   Vilchez J A ^a   Casal, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Accidents; Environmental assessment; Event trees; Historical analysis; Ports; Risk analysis

Indexed keywords

DATABASE SYSTEMS; PORT STRUCTURES; PROBABILITY; TREES (MATHEMATICS);

HISTORICAL ANALYSIS;

ACCIDENTS;

ACCIDENT;

EID: 0142248889     PISSN: 09504230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jlp.2003.08.010     Document Type: Article

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