Risk analysis during tunnel construction using Bayesian Networks: Porto Metro case study

Tunnelling and Underground Space Technology

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 86-100

  Sousa, Rita L ^a   Einstein, Herbert H ^a  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

Author keywords

Bayesian Networks; Risk; Tunneling

Indexed keywords

CAUSAL RELATIONSHIPS; CONSTRUCTION METHOD; CONSTRUCTION STRATEGIES; DOMAIN KNOWLEDGE; INHERENT RISK; PORTUGAL; PREDICTION MODEL; RISK ASSESSMENT METHODOLOGIES; STRATEGY DECISION; TUNNEL BORING MACHINES; TUNNEL CONSTRUCTION;

BAYESIAN NETWORKS; BORING MACHINES (MACHINE TOOLS); CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; ELECTRON TUNNELING; FORECASTING; GEOLOGIC MODELS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RISK ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISKS;

TUNNELS;

BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; CONSTRUCTION METHOD; DECISION ANALYSIS; GROUND CONDITIONS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; TBM; TUNNELING;

PORTUGAL;

EID: 82855175190     PISSN: 08867798     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tust.2011.07.003     Document Type: Article

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