Application of Bayesian network to the probabilistic risk assessment of nuclear waste disposal

Reliability Engineering and System Safety

Volumn 91, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 515-532

  Lee, Chang Ju ^a   Lee, Kun Jai ^b  

^a Korea Institute of Nuclear Safety (KINS)   (South Korea)

^b Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Bayesian network; Causal dependency; Likelihood weighting algorithm; Probabilistic inference; Probabilistic risk assessment; Scenario; Uncertainty propagation; Waste disposal

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; ECOSYSTEMS; GEOLOGICAL REPOSITORIES; HYDROLOGY; PROBABILITY; RADIOACTIVE WASTES; RISK ASSESSMENT;

BAYESIAN NETWORK; CAUSAL DEPENDENCY; LIKELIHOOD WEIGHTING ALGORITHM; PROBABILISTIC INFERENCE; PROBABILISTIC RISK ASSESSMENT; SCENARIO; UNCERTAINTY PROPAGATION;

WASTE DISPOSAL;

EID: 31544444975     PISSN: 09518320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ress.2005.03.011     Document Type: Article

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