Multicriteria decision analysis for safety and economic achievement using PROMETHEE: A case study

Process Safety Progress

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 68-83

  Ramzan, Naveed ^a   Naveed, Shahid ^a   Feroza, Nadeem ^a   Witt, Wemer ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY   (Pakistan)

^b BRANDENBURG UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Distillation unit; Extended HAZOP; Life cycle related cost

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF ALTERNATIVES; ASPEN PLUS; BEST CHOICES; COMPUTER MODELS; COST CALCULATIONS; COST SAVINGS; DECISION ANALYSIS; DYNAMIC SIMULATIONS; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS MODULES; ECONOMIC MODULES; ENRICHMENT EVALUATIONS; EXTENDED HAZOP; FINAL DECISIONS; HAZARD IDENTIFICATIONS; LIFE CYCLE RELATED COST; MAINTENANCE COSTS; MULTI-CRITERIA DECISION ANALYSIS; MULTI-OBJECTIVE DECISIONS; OPERATIONAL FAILURES; PREFERENCE RANKINGS; PROCESS PLANTS; PROCESS SAFETIES; PROMETHEE; RISK COSTS; SAFE DESIGNS; VISUAL BASICS;

COST ACCOUNTING; COSTS; DECISION MAKING; DECISION THEORY; DISTILLATION; DISTILLATION COLUMNS; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; LIFE CYCLE; LOSS PREVENTION; MAINTENANCE; OPERATING COSTS; RISK ANALYSIS;

COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS;

EID: 64149123992     PISSN: 10668527     EISSN: 15475913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/prs.10263     Document Type: Article

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