A reflection on some practices in the use of risk matrices

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

Volumn 2, Issue , 2012, Pages 881-891

  Flage, Roger ^a   Røed, Willy ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STAVANGER   (Norway)

^b Proactima   (Norway)

Author keywords

Risk analysis; Risk assessment; Risk matrix

Indexed keywords

RISK ACCEPTANCE CRITERIA; RISK EVALUATION; RISK LEVELS; RISK MATRIX; RISK SCORING; RISK TREATMENT;

RISK ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

SAFETY ENGINEERING;

EID: 84873191482     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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