A Bayesian approach to treat expert-elicited probabilities in human reliability analysis model construction

Reliability Engineering and System Safety

Volumn 117, Issue , 2013, Pages 52-64

  Podofillini, L ^a   Dang, V N ^a  

^a PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Bayesian methods; Expert judgment; Human reliability analysis; Probabilistic safety assessment; Subjective probabilities

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN NETWORKS; ERRORS; ESTIMATION; RELIABILITY ANALYSIS;

BAYESIAN METHODS; EXPERT JUDGMENT; HUMAN RELIABILITY ANALYSIS; PROBABILISTIC SAFETY ASSESSMENT; SUBJECTIVE PROBABILITY;

PROBABILITY;

EID: 84877341915     PISSN: 09518320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ress.2013.03.015     Document Type: Article

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