Formal safety assessment: A critical review

Marine Technology and SNAME News

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 45-59

  Kontovas, Christos A ^a   Psaraftis, Harilaos N ^a  

^a NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Regulations; Rules; Safety

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; MARINE ENGINEERING;

FORMAL SAFETY ASSESSMENT; INTERNATIONAL MARITIME ORGANIZATIONS; MARITIME SAFETY; OBJECTIVE APPROACHES; REGULATIONS; REGULATORY POLICIES; RULES; SCIENTIFIC METHOD;

SAFETY ENGINEERING;

EID: 58149493218     PISSN: 19453582     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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