Frequency and consequence modeling of rare events using accident databases

AIChE Annual Meeting, Conference Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages

  Meel, A ^a   O'Neill, L M ^a   Seider, W D ^a   Oktem, U ^b   Keren, N ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c Iowa State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT FREQUENCIES; BAYESIAN TECHNIQUES; BAYESIAN THEORIES; CONSEQUENCE MODELING; CROSS VALIDATIONS; EQUIPMENT FAILURES; EXTREME VALUE THEORIES; FAILURE PROBABILITIES; LOW FREQUENCIES; OPERATOR ERRORS; PETROCHEMICAL COMPANIES; POSTE-RIORS; PREDICTION ACCURACIES; PROBABILITY DENSITY DISTRIBUTIONS; RARE EVENTS; STATISTICAL APPROACHES; SYSTEMATIC ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

ACCIDENTS; ACOUSTIC NOISE; BAYESIAN NETWORKS; CHEMICAL EQUIPMENT; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; CHEMICAL PLANTS; CHEMICALS; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; EQUIPMENT; FORECASTING; FOURIER TRANSFORMS; HAZARDOUS MATERIALS; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; PROBABILITY; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; RISK PERCEPTION; SPRINGS (COMPONENTS);

DATABASE SYSTEMS;

EID: 77953022649     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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