Fuzzy logic-based approach for identifying the risk importance of human error

Safety Science

Volumn 48, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 902-913

  Li, Peng cheng ^a,b   Chen, Guo hua ^a   Dai, Li cao ^b   Li, Zhang ^b  

^a SOUTH CHINA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

Fuzzy logic; Human error; Risk importance assessment; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

FUZZY LOGIC TOOLBOX OF MATLAB; HUMAN ERROR; HUMAN ERROR PROBABILITY; HUMAN ERRORS; IF-THEN RULES; MAMDANI; MODELING TECHNIQUE; RISK ASSESSMENT METHODOLOGIES; SAFETY ASSESSMENTS; SYSTEM RELIABILITY;

ERRORS; FUZZY SYSTEMS; MATLAB; PROBABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT; SOFTWARE RELIABILITY;

FUZZY LOGIC;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ACCIDENT PRONENESS; ACCURACY; ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; FUZZY LOGIC; FUZZY SYSTEM; HUMAN; NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; NUCLEAR POWER PLANT; NUCLEAR SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; PROCESS DEVELOPMENT; PROCESS MODEL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK REDUCTION; STATISTICAL MODEL;

EID: 77952543377     PISSN: 09257535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ssci.2010.03.012     Document Type: Article

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