Quantitative and qualitative analysis of the expert and non-expert opinion in fire risk in buildings

Reliability Engineering and System Safety

Volumn 95, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 729-741

  Hanea, D M ^a   Jagtman, H M ^a   van Alphen, L L M M ^a   Ale, B J M ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Expert calibration; Expert judgment; Risk analysis

Indexed keywords

COMPLEX SYSTEMS; DOMAIN KNOWLEDGE; EXPERT JUDGMENT; EXPERT OPINION; FIRE RISKS; IN-BUILDINGS; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE DATA; REAL VALUES; STATISTICAL KNOWLEDGE;

CALIBRATION; RISK ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT; SAFETY FACTOR; SEED;

QUALITY CONTROL;

EID: 77950938828     PISSN: 09518320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ress.2010.02.011     Document Type: Article

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