Fuzzy logic for piping risk assessment (pfLOPA)

Journal of Loss Prevention in the Process Industries

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 921-927

  Markowski, Adam S ^a   Mannan, M Sam ^b  

^a LODZ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

^b Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

Fuzzy logic; Layer of protection; Pipelines; Risk assessment

Indexed keywords

DEFUZZIFICATIONS; DIFFERENT EFFECTS; FLAMMABLE SUBSTANCES; FUZZIFICATIONS; FUZZY APPROACH; FUZZY LOGIC SYSTEM; FUZZY RISK; INFERENCE PROCESS; LAYER OF PROTECTION; LAYER OF PROTECTION ANALYSIS; MAJOR HAZARDS; NEW APPROACHES; PIPELINE FAILURES; PROTECTION FUNCTION;

FUZZY INFERENCE; FUZZY LOGIC; FUZZY SETS; PIPELINES; RISK ANALYSIS; RISK MANAGEMENT; RISK PERCEPTION;

RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 71649091187     PISSN: 09504230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jlp.2009.06.011     Document Type: Article

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