Accident precursors, near misses, and warning signs: Critical review and formal definitions within the framework of Discrete Event Systems

Reliability Engineering and System Safety

Volumn 114, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 148-154

  Saleh, Joseph H ^a   Saltmarsh, Elizabeth A ^a   Favarò, Francesca M ^a   Brevault, Loïc ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Accident pathogen; Accident precursor; Discrete Event Systems; Near miss; Warning sign

Indexed keywords

DISCRETE EVENT SIMULATION; PATHOGENS;

ACCIDENT PRECURSORS; COMPONENT IMPORTANCE; IMPORTANCE MEASURE; MATHEMATICAL TOOLS; MODELING FRAMEWORKS; NEAR-MISSES; RELIABILITY ENGINEERING; WARNING SIGNS;

ACCIDENTS;

EID: 84875139088     PISSN: 09518320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ress.2013.01.006     Document Type: Review

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