Complexity in risk assessment of sociotechnical systems

11th International Probabilistic Safety Assessment and Management Conference and the Annual European Safety and Reliability Conference 2012, PSAM11 ESREL 2012

Volumn 3, Issue , 2012, Pages 2274-2283

  Johansen, Inger Lise ^a   Rausand, Marvin ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Complexity; Confidence; Risk assessment; Sociotechnical systems

Indexed keywords

COMPLEXITY; CONCEPTUAL MAPS; CONFIDENCE; FUNDAMENTAL CONCEPTS; POINT OF DEPARTURES; RISK LITERATURE; SOCIOTECHNICAL SYSTEMS;

SAFETY ENGINEERING;

RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 84873170298     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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