A seafarer's reliability assessment incorporating subjective judgements

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers Part M: Journal of Engineering for the Maritime Environment

Volumn 226, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 313-334

  Riahi, Ramin ^a   Bonsall, Steve ^a   Jenkinson, Ian ^a   Wang, Jin ^a  

^a LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Analytical hierarchy process; ergonomics; evidential reasoning algorithm; fuzzy logic; human reliability; maritime safety

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL HIERARCHY PROCESS; CONDITIONAL RELIABILITY; DECISION MAKERS; EVIDENTIAL REASONING; EXPECTED UTILITY; FUZZY RULE BASE; GENERIC MODELS; HUMAN RELIABILITY; MAPPING PROCESS; MARITIME ENVIRONMENT; MARITIME SAFETY; RELIABILITY ASSESSMENTS; SUBJECTIVE JUDGEMENT; WORLD ECONOMY;

ERGONOMICS; FUZZY LOGIC; INTERNATIONAL TRADE; DECISION MAKING; FUZZY INFERENCE; FUZZY RULES; RELIABILITY;

RELIABILITY ANALYSIS;

EID: 84871942201     PISSN: 14750902     EISSN: 20413084     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1475090212438480     Document Type: Article

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