Uncertainty of human error and fuzzy approach to human reliability analysis

International Journal of Uncertainty, Fuzziness and Knowldege-Based Systems

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 111-129

  Kim, B J ^a   Bishu, Ram R ^b  

^a LOUISIANA TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

Fuzziness; Fuzzy logic; Human error; Human reliability analysis

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY; FUZZY SETS; PROBABILISTIC LOGICS; RELIABILITY; UNCERTAIN SYSTEMS;

FUZZINESS; HUMAN ERROR; HUMAN RELIABILITY ANALYSIS;

ERROR ANALYSIS;

EID: 33644632130     PISSN: 02184885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S021848850600387X     Document Type: Article

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