A simulation approach for ranking of fire safety attributes of existing buildings

Fire Safety Journal

Volumn 39, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 557-579

  Zhao, C M ^a   Lo, S M ^a   Lu, J A ^b   Fang, Z ^b  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP); Fire safety ranking; Simulation; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

ALARM SYSTEMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FIRE PROTECTION; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; REINFORCED CONCRETE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY FACTOR; UNCERTAIN SYSTEMS;

ANALYTIC HIERARCHY PROCESS; FIRE SAFETY RANKING;

BUILDINGS;

EID: 4344595070     PISSN: 03797112     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.firesaf.2004.06.001     Document Type: Article

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