Exploring the limits of safety analysis in complex technological systems

International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction

Volumn 6, Issue , 2013, Pages 59-66

  Sornette, D ^a   Maillart, T ^a   Kroger W ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cascades; Criticality; Nuclear safety; Power law distribution; Probabilistic safety assessment

Indexed keywords

EID: 84889031454     PISSN: 22124209     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijdrr.2013.04.002     Document Type: Article

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