Methods for building Conditional Probability Tables of Bayesian Belief Networks from limited judgment: An evaluation for Human Reliability Application

Reliability Engineering and System Safety

Volumn 151, Issue , 2016, Pages 93-112

  Mkrtchyan, L ^a   Podofillini, L ^a   Dang, V N ^a  

^a PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Bayesian Belief Networks; Conditional Probability Tables; Expert judgment; Human Reliability Analysis

Indexed keywords

INTERPOLATION; PROBABILITY; RELIABILITY; RELIABILITY ANALYSIS; RISK ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

CONDITIONAL PROBABILITY TABLES; ELICITATION REQUIREMENTS; EXPERT INFORMATIONS; EXPERT JUDGMENT; HUMAN ERROR PROBABILITY; HUMAN RELIABILITY; HUMAN RELIABILITY ANALYSIS; INTERPOLATION METHOD;

BAYESIAN NETWORKS;

EID: 84961627257     PISSN: 09518320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ress.2016.01.004     Document Type: Article

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