Systemic accident risk assessment in air traffic by Monte Carlo simulation

Safety Science

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 238-249

  Stroeve, Sybert H ^a   Blom, Henk A P ^a  

^a Bert) Bakker G J   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Air traffic control; Bias and uncertainty assessment; Monte Carlo simulation; Runway incursion; Runway incursion alert system; Systemic accident model; TOPAZ

Indexed keywords

AIR NAVIGATION; AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL; AIRCRAFT; AIRCRAFT ACCIDENTS; AIRPORT RUNWAYS; ALARM SYSTEMS; COSMIC RAY DETECTORS; FLOW INTERACTIONS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; MULTI AGENT SYSTEMS; OPTICAL RESOLVING POWER; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT; SILICATE MINERALS; VANADIUM COMPOUNDS;

BIAS AND UNCERTAINTY ASSESSMENT; MONTE CARLO SIMULATION; RUNWAY INCURSION; RUNWAY INCURSION ALERT SYSTEM; SYSTEMIC ACCIDENT MODEL;

ACCIDENTS;

AIRCRAFT; AIRCRAFT ACCIDENT; ARTICLE; MONTE CARLO METHOD; OPERATOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 56949098913     PISSN: 09257535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ssci.2008.04.003     Document Type: Article

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