Utilization of accident databases and fuzzy sets to estimate frequency of HazMat transport accidents

Journal of Hazardous Materials

Volumn 167, Issue 1-3, 2009, Pages 374-382

  Qiao, Yuanhua ^a   Keren, Nir ^b   Mannan, M Sam ^a  

^a Texas AandM University   (United States)

^b Iowa State University of Science and Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

Accident frequency; Fuzzy logic model; Hazardous materials transportation; Negative binomial regression; Transportation risk analysis

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT FREQUENCY; FUZZY LOGIC MODEL; HAZARDOUS MATERIALS TRANSPORTATION; NEGATIVE BINOMIAL REGRESSION; TRANSPORTATION RISK ANALYSIS;

ACCIDENTS; ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; DECISION THEORY; FUZZY LOGIC; FUZZY SETS; HAZARDOUS MATERIALS; MATERIALS HANDLING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT; RISK PERCEPTION; SAFETY FACTOR;

FREQUENCY ESTIMATION;

ACCIDENT; DATABASE; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; ESTIMATION METHOD; FUZZY MATHEMATICS; HAZARDOUS WASTE; NUMERICAL MODEL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ARTICLE; BINOMIAL DISTRIBUTION; DANGEROUS GOODS TRANSPORT; DATA BASE; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; FUZZY LOGIC; PREDICTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT;

ACCIDENTS; ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FUZZY LOGIC; HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; TRANSPORTATION;

EID: 67649355157     PISSN: 03043894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2009.01.097     Document Type: Article

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