Assessing uncertainty in extreme events: Applications to risk-based decision making in interdependent infrastructure sectors

Reliability Engineering and System Safety

Volumn 94, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 819-829

  Barker, Kash ^a   Haimes, Yacov Y ^b  

^a University of Oklahoma   (United States)

^b University of Virginia   (United States)

Author keywords

Extreme events; Inoperability input output model; Multiobjective decision making; Risk management; Uncertainty analysis

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS; MANAGEMENT; MULTIOBJECTIVE OPTIMIZATION; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; RISK ANALYSIS; RISK MANAGEMENT;

EXTREME EVENTS; INOPERABILITY INPUT-OUTPUT MODEL; MULTIOBJECTIVE DECISION MAKING; POWER DISTRIBUTIONS; PROBABILITY ASSESSMENTS;

UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 58749085021     PISSN: 09518320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ress.2008.09.008     Document Type: Article

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