Performer selection in Human Reliability analysis: D numbers approach

Authors

  • Jie Zhao Institute of Fundamental and Frontier Science, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu
  • Yong Deng Institute of Fundamental and Frontier Science, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu

Keywords:

Human reliability analysis (HRA), D numbers, D-S evidence theory, multiple criteria decision making (MCDM), nuclear power plant

Abstract

Dependence assessment among human errors in human reliability analysis (HRA) is an significant issue. Many previous works discussed the factors influencing the dependence level but failed to discuss how these factors like "similarity of performers" determine the final result. In this paper, the influence of performers on HRA is focused, in addition, a new way of D numbers which is usually used to handle with the multiple criteria decision making (MCDM) problems is introduced as well to determine the optimal performer. Experimental result demonstrates the validity of proposed methods in choosing the best performers with lowest the conditional human error probability (CHEP) under the same circumstance.

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