Railway risk assessment - The fuzzy reasoning approach and fuzzy analytic hierarchy process approaches: A case study of shunting at Waterloo depot

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part F: Journal of Rail and Rapid Transit

Volumn 221, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 365-383

  An, M ^a   Huang, S ^a   Baker, C J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fuzzy analytical hierarchy process; Fuzzy reasoning approach; Railway safety; Risk assessment; Shunting at Waterloo depot

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; DECISION MAKING; FUZZY LOGIC; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEMS; RAILROADS;

FUZZY ANALYTICAL HIERARCHY PROCESS; FUZZY REASONING APPROACH; RAILWAY SAFETY; SHUNTING;

RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 38149087453     PISSN: 09544097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1243/09544097JRRT106     Document Type: Article

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