Fuzzy inference to risk assessment on nuclear engineering systems

Applied Soft Computing Journal

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 17-28

  Guimarães, Antonio César Ferreira ^a   Lapa, Celso Marcelo Franklin ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE ENGENHARIA NUCLEAR   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Expert opinion; FMEA; Fuzzy logic; Risk

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; AGING OF MATERIALS; COOLING SYSTEMS; FUZZY SETS; PRESSURIZED WATER REACTORS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EXPERT OPINION; FAILURE MODES AND EFFECTS ANALYSIS (FMEA); FUZZY INFERENCE SYSTEM (FIS); FUZZY RISK PRIORITY NUMBER (FRPN);

NUCLEAR ENGINEERING;

EID: 33750939029     PISSN: 15684946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.asoc.2005.06.002     Document Type: Article

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