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Analyzing system safety and risks under uncertainty using a bow-tie diagram: An innovative approach
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Ferdous, R and Khan, FI and Sadiq, R and Amyotte, P and Veitch, B, Analyzing system safety and risks under uncertainty using a bow-tie diagram: An innovative approach, Process Safety and Environmental Protection, 91, (1-2) pp. 1-18. ISSN 0957-5820 (2013) [Refereed Article]
DOI: doi:10.1016/j.psep.2011.08.010
Abstract
A bow-tie diagram combines a fault tree and an event tree to represent the risk control parameters on a common platform for mitigating an accident. Quantitative analysis of a bow-tie is still a major challenge since it follows the traditional assumptions of fault and event tree analyses. The assumptions consider the crisp probabilities and "independent" relationships for the input events. The crisp probabilities for the input events are often missing or hard to come by, which introduces data uncertainty. The assumption of "independence" introduces model uncertainty. Elicitation of expert's knowledge for the missing data may provide an alternative; however, such knowledge incorporates uncertainties and may undermine the credibility of risk analysis. This paper attempts to accommodate the expert's knowledge to overcome missing data and incorporate fuzzy set and evidence theory to assess the uncertainties. Further, dependency coefficient-based fuzzy and evidence theory approaches have been developed to address the model uncertainty for bow-tie analysis. In addition, a method of sensitivity analysis is proposed to predict the most contributing input events in the bow-tie analysis. To demonstrate the utility of the approaches in industrial application, a bow-tie diagram of the BP Texas City accident is developed and analyzed. © 2011 The Institution of Chemical Engineers.
Item Details
Item Type: | Refereed Article |
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Keywords: | Bow-tie analysis; Expert knowledge; Interdependence; Likelihood; Sensitivity analysis; Uncertainty; Bow tie; Expert knowledge; Interdependence; Likelihood; Uncertainty; Accidents; Fuzzy sets; Industrial applications; Sensitivity analysis |
Research Division: | Engineering |
Research Group: | Maritime engineering |
Research Field: | Ocean engineering |
Objective Division: | Mineral Resources (Excl. Energy Resources) |
Objective Group: | Environmentally sustainable mineral resource activities |
Objective Field: | Environmentally sustainable mineral resource activities not elsewhere classified |
UTAS Author: | Khan, FI (Professor Faisal Khan) |
ID Code: | 94441 |
Year Published: | 2013 |
Web of Science® Times Cited: | 132 |
Deposited By: | NC Maritime Engineering and Hydrodynamics |
Deposited On: | 2014-09-09 |
Last Modified: | 2014-09-09 |
Downloads: | 0 |
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