Browsing Vitenskapelige publikasjoner (TN-ISØP) by Subject "VDP::Social science: 200"
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Combined analysis of unique and repetitive events in quantitative risk assessment
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2016-03)For risk assessment to be a relevant tool in the study of any type of system or activity, it needs to be based on a framework that allows for jointly analyzing both unique and repetitive events. Separately, unique events ... -
Evaluation of offshore emergency preparedness in view of rare accidents
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2010)The offshore industry in the North Sea has gone from a very high risk level for employees some 30–40 years ago, to a low level. The paper reviews the statistics briefly and discusses the implications of the low level. There ... -
On how to conceptualise and describe risk
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2011)A number of definitions and interpretations of the risk concept exist. Many of these are probabilitybased. In this paper we present and discuss a structure for characterising the definitions, which is founded on a clear ... -
On the analysis of hydrocarbon leaks in the Norwegian offshore industry
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2012)There have been several major offshore accidents in different offshore regions since 2005. In Norway there have been several very serious near-misses during the last ten years, several of which involving serious hydrocarbon ... -
On when to base event trees and fault trees on probability models and frequentist probabilities in quantitative risk assessments
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2012)This paper discusses the analysis approach when using event trees and fault trees in a quantitative risk assessment context. The basic question raised is when to introduce probability models and frequentist probabilities ...