Including model uncertainty in risk-informed decision making

Annals of Nuclear Energy

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 354-369

  Reinert, Joshua M ^a   Apostolakis, George E ^a  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUCLEAR REACTOR LICENSING; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PROBABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT;

CORE DAMAGE FREQUENCY (CDF); MODEL PARAMETERS; RISK ACHIEVEMENT WORTH (RAW); SAPHIRE PROGRAM;

DECISION MAKING;

EID: 32544431726     PISSN: 03064549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anucene.2005.11.010     Document Type: Article

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