Stochastic modelling for risk assessment

Fire Safety Science

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages 333-344

  He, Yaping ^a   Horasan, Mahmut ^a   Taylor, Peter ^a   Ramsay, Caird ^a  

^a Scientific Services Laboratory   (Australia)

Author keywords

Event tree; Expected risk to life; Probabilistic approach; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

EVACUATION PROCESS; EVENT TREES; EXPECTED RISK; GENERAL EXPRESSION; IN-BUILDINGS; PROBABILISTIC APPROACHES; PROBABILISTIC RISK ASSESSMENT; SIMPLE EXPRESSION; STOCHASTIC MODELLING; UNCERTAINTY; UNIFORM DISTRIBUTION;

POISSON DISTRIBUTION; RANDOM VARIABLES; SAFETY ENGINEERING; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS;

RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 77749296786     PISSN: 18174299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.3801/IAFSS.FSS.7-333     Document Type: Conference Paper

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