Air Traffic Management accident risk. Part 1: The limits of realistic modelling

Safety Science

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 419-450

  Brooker, Peter ^a  

^a CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Air Traffic Management; Formal safety assessment; Modelling; Probability; Risk analysis

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ACCIDENTS; COLLISION AVOIDANCE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; PROBABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT;

AIR TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT; FORMAL SAFETY ASSESSMENT; MODELING; RISK ANALYSIS;

AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ACCURACY; AIRCRAFT ACCIDENT; ARTICLE; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; RELIABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; RISK REDUCTION; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

EID: 33748082335     PISSN: 09257535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ssci.2005.11.004     Document Type: Article

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