Merchant ship operations in the ice-covered Arctic waters may encounter traditional
navigational accident risks (ie, grounding, collision, etc.) and risks from sea ice, such as ship …

The Arctic is an ecologically diverse area that is increasingly vulnerable to damages from oil
spills associated with commercial vessels traversing newly open shipping lanes. The …

Recent years witness the focus of the research of next-generation railways on risk situation
awareness and safety decision-making to enhance the autonomy of unmanned trains …

Uncertainty analysis of hydrological models often requires a large number of model runs,
which can be time consuming and computationally intensive. In order to reduce the number …

This paper proposes an Object-Oriented Bayesian Network model to study oil spill mitigative
measures using cost-effectiveness as a decision-making factor. The cost-effectiveness is …

Oil is a global, non-renewable energy source, which plays a pivotal role in the development
of the global economy and the strategic reserve system. With the expansion of crude oil …

A novel reliability evaluation methodology of complex systems is proposed using dynamic
object-oriented Bayesian networks (DOOBNs). This modeling methodology consists of two …

Imperfect maintenance modeling and analysis of repairable systems involves an additional
parameter called repair effectiveness index (REI)'q', along with shape and scale parameters …

An agent-based object-oriented model for the fuel distribution network in coastal British
Columbia in Canada is presented. Objects representing infrastructure components with …

National and international technical reports have demonstrated the increase of extreme
event occurrences which becomes more dangerous in coastal areas due to their higher …