Fuzzy-based model for predicting failure of oil pipelines

Journal of Infrastructure Systems

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2014, Pages

  Senouci, Ahmed ^a   El Abbasy, Mohamed S ^b   Zaye, Tarek ^b  

^a QATAR UNIVERSITY   (Qatar)

^b Gina Cody School of Engineering and Computer Science   (Canada)

Author keywords

Failure type prediction; Fuzzy expert system; Oil pipelines

Indexed keywords

CORROSION; EXPERT SYSTEMS; FORECASTING; GAS PIPELINES; HAZARDS; PETROLEUM PIPELINES; PETROLEUM TRANSPORTATION;

CORROSION FAILURES; ENVIRONMENTAL DAMAGE; FAILURE TYPES; FUZZY EXPERT SYSTEMS; FUZZY-BASED MODELS; OIL PIPELINES; OIL-AND-GAS PIPELINES; PIPELINE ACCIDENTS;

PIPELINES;

FAILURE MECHANISM; FUZZY MATHEMATICS; NUMERICAL MODEL; OIL PIPELINE; PREDICTION;

EID: 84901283405     PISSN: 10760342     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)IS.1943-555X.0000181     Document Type: Article

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