A new risk quantification approach in port facility security assessment

Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice

Volumn 59, Issue , 2014, Pages 72-90

  Yang, Zaili ^a   Ng, Adolf K Y ^b   Wang, Jin ^a  

^a LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Fuzzy evidential reasoning; Maritime risk; Port facility security assessment (PFSA); Port security; Quantitative analysis

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SECURITY SYSTEMS; TERRORISM;

ASSESSMENT METHODOLOGIES; FUZZY EVIDENTIAL REASONING; MARITIME RISKS; PORT FACILITIES; PORT SECURITY; RISK QUANTIFICATION; SECURITY CONTROLS; SECURITY PERFORMANCE;

RISK ASSESSMENT;

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FUZZY MATHEMATICS; MARITIME TRANSPORTATION; PORT OPERATION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SECURITY; STAKEHOLDER;

EID: 84888396135     PISSN: 09658564     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tra.2013.10.025     Document Type: Article

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