Comparative assessment of severe accidents risk in the energy sector: Uncertainty estimation using a combination of weighting tree and Bayesian Hierarchical models

PSAM 2014 - Probabilistic Safety Assessment and Management

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages

  Spada, M ^a   Burgherr, P ^a   Hirschberg, S ^a  

^a PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Accident risk; Bayesian hierarchical model; Bayesian model averaging; Comparative risk assessment; Fossil energy chains

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENTS; BAYESIAN NETWORKS; CHAINS; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEMS; RISK PERCEPTION; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

ACCIDENT RISKS; BAYESIAN HIERARCHICAL MODEL; BAYESIAN MODEL AVERAGING; COMPARATIVE RISK ASSESSMENTS; FOSSIL ENERGY;

RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 84925047502     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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