Assessment of resilience engineering factors in high-risk environments by fuzzy cognitive maps: A petrochemical plant

Safety Science

Volumn 68, Issue , 2014, Pages 99-107

  Azadeh, A ^a   Salehi, V ^a   Arvan, M ^a   Dolatkhah, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

Fuzzy cognitive maps (FCMs); Petrochemical plant; Redundancy; Resilience engineering (RE); Safety

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; EXPLOSIONS; FUZZY RULES; FUZZY SYSTEMS; REDUNDANCY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURVEYS;

FUZZY COGNITIVE MAP; FUZZY COGNITIVE MAPS (FCMS); GAS LEAKAGES; HIGH RISK ENVIRONMENT; PRIMARY DATA; RESILIENCE ENGINEERINGS; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; UNEXPECTED EVENTS;

PETROCHEMICAL PLANTS;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; BIOENGINEERING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FUZZY COGNITIVE MAP; FUZZY SYSTEM; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PETROCHEMICAL INDUSTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; PROCESS DEVELOPMENT; RESILIENCE ENGINEERING; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL ASPECT; UNCERTAINTY;

EID: 84897527402     PISSN: 09257535     EISSN: 18791042     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ssci.2014.03.004     Document Type: Article

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