A fuzzy logic and probabilistic hybrid approach to quantify the uncertainty in layer of protection analysis

Journal of Loss Prevention in the Process Industries

Volumn 43, Issue , 2016, Pages 10-17

  Hong, Yizhi ^a   Pasman, Hans J ^a   Sachdeva, Sonny ^a   Markowski, Adam S ^b   Mannan, M Sam ^a  

^a Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (United States)

^b LODZ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Fuzzy logic; Layer of protection analysis; Risk assessment

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER CIRCUITS; COST EFFECTIVENESS; DISTILLATION; DISTILLATION EQUIPMENT; FUZZY LOGIC; HEXANE; PROBABILISTIC LOGICS; RECONFIGURABLE HARDWARE; RISK ANALYSIS; RISK PERCEPTION; RISKS; SAFETY ENGINEERING; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

COMPONENT MANUFACTURERS; COST EFFECTIVE SYSTEMS; DESIGN SPECIFICATION; DISTILLATION SYSTEMS; INDEPENDENT PROTECTION LAYERS; LAYER OF PROTECTION ANALYSIS; SEMI-QUANTITATIVE RISK ASSESSMENT; TESTING AND MAINTENANCE;

RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 84963838210     PISSN: 09504230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jlp.2016.04.006     Document Type: Article

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