Risk-Based Decision Support Tools: Protecting Rail-Centered Transit Corridors from Cascading Effects

Risk Analysis

Volumn 31, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1849-1858

  Greenberg, Michael R ^a   Lowrie, Karen ^a   Mayer, Henry ^a   Altiok, Tayfur ^b  

^a State University of New Jersey   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Cascading events; Corridor; Decision support tools; Homeland security; Passenger rail transport

Indexed keywords

CASCADING EVENTS; CORRIDOR; DECISION SUPPORT TOOLS; HOMELAND SECURITY; PASSENGER RAIL TRANSPORT;

RAILROAD TRANSPORTATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; TRUCK TRANSPORTATION;

DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS;

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; ECONOMIC IMPACT; HOMELESSNESS; PROBABILITY; RAILWAY TRANSPORT; RISK ASSESSMENT; SECURITY; THEORETICAL STUDY; TRANSPORTATION DEVELOPMENT;

ARTICLE; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; PROBABILITY; RAILWAY; RISK ASSESSMENT; THEORETICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES;

DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PROBABILITY; RAILROADS; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 81855185519     PISSN: 02724332     EISSN: 15396924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1539-6924.2011.01627.x     Document Type: Article

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