Uncertainty aspects in process safety analysis

Journal of Loss Prevention in the Process Industries

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 446-454

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

^a Bigoszewska), Agata   (Poland)

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

Author keywords

Accident scenario; Fuzzy sets; Process safety analysis; Quantitative risk analysis; Risk assessment; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT SCENARIO; ACCIDENT SCENARIOS; FUZZY APPROACH; FUZZY LOGIC APPROACH; FUZZY LOGIC SYSTEM; FUZZY RISK; IN-PROCESS; INPUT DATAS; KEY ISSUES; PROCESS HAZARD ANALYSIS; PROCESS SAFETY; QUANTITATIVE RISK ANALYSIS; RISK EVALUATION; RISK INDICES; SIMULATION MODEL; STATISTICAL APPROACH;

ACCIDENTS; FUZZY LOGIC; FUZZY SETS; INPUT OUTPUT PROGRAMS; PEELING; PROBABILISTIC LOGICS; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; RISK ANALYSIS; RISK MANAGEMENT; RISK PERCEPTION; SAFETY FACTOR; SECURITY SYSTEMS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 77950951836     PISSN: 09504230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jlp.2010.02.005     Document Type: Article

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