Agent-Based Simulation for Human-Induced Hazard Analysis

Risk Analysis

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 205-217

  Bulleit, William M ^a   Drewek, Matthew W ^b  

^a MICHIGAN TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AECOM   (United States)

Author keywords

Agent based modeling; Agent based simulation; Human induced hazards; Simulation based engineering

Indexed keywords

AGENT-BASED MODELING; AGENT-BASED SIMULATION; ENGINEERING DESIGN; HAZARD ANALYSIS; HUMAN-INDUCED HAZARDS; INFRASTRUCTURE SYSTEMS; NATURAL HAZARD; POWER-LAW; PROTOTYPE MODELS; SEISMIC HAZARDS; SIMULATION-BASED ENGINEERING; TERRORIST ATTACKS;

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; DESIGN; FORECASTING; RISK ASSESSMENT; TERRORISM;

HAZARDS;

INFRASTRUCTURAL DEVELOPMENT; NATURAL HAZARD; POWER LAW; TERRORISM;

ARTICLE; HUMAN; RISK ASSESSMENT; TERRORISM; THEORETICAL MODEL;

HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; TERRORISM;

EID: 79951533479     PISSN: 02724332     EISSN: 15396924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1539-6924.2010.01497.x     Document Type: Article

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