Qualitative model for risk assessment in construction industry: A fuzzy logic approach

IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology

Volumn 314, Issue , 2010, Pages 105-111

  Pinto, Abel ^a   Nunes, Isabel L ^a   Ribeiro, Rita A ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDADE NOVA DE LISBOA   (Portugal)

^b UNINOVA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Construction industry; Fuzzy sets; Risk assessment; Safety

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; COMPUTER CIRCUITS; CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; FUZZY LOGIC; FUZZY SETS; HEALTH RISKS;

COMPLEX TASK; FUZZY LOGIC APPROACH; HEALTH AND SAFETY; INADEQUATE DATA; INCOMPLETE INFORMATION; QUALITATIVE MODEL; QUALITATIVE RISK ASSESSMENT; QUANTITATIVE APPROACH;

RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 77649245998     PISSN: 18684238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-11628-5_11     Document Type: Article

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