Lindsay A Tanskey, Jeanne P Goldberg, Kenneth Chui, Aviva Must, Jennifer M Sacheck
Accelerated Summer Weight Gain in a Low-Income, Ethnically Diverse Sample of Elementary School Children in Massachusetts
Childhood obesity (Print)
safety analysis rare events potentially catastrophic consequences challenged data scarcity uncertainty traditional causationbased approaches fault tree event tree used model rare event suffer number weaknesses include static structure event causation lack event occurrence data need reliable prior information study new hierarchical bayesian modeling based technique proposed overcome drawbacks proposed technique used flexible technique risk analysis major accidents enables forward backward analysis quantitative reasoning treatment interdependence among model parameters sourcetosource variability data sources also taken account robust probabilistic safety analysis applicability proposed technique demonstrated case study marine offshore industry