Data-theoretic methodology and computational platform to quantify organizational factors in socio-technical risk analysis

J Pence, T Sakurahara, X Zhu, Z Mohaghegh… - Reliability Engineering & …, 2019 - Elsevier
Organizational factors, as literature indicates, are significant contributors to risk in high-
consequence industries. Therefore, building a theoretical framework equipped with reliable …

An algorithm for enhancing spatiotemporal resolution of probabilistic risk assessment to address emergent safety concerns in nuclear power plants

H Bui, T Sakurahara, J Pence, S Reihani, E Kee… - Reliability Engineering & …, 2019 - Elsevier
Emergent safety concerns often involve complex spatiotemporal phenomena. In addressing
these concerns, the classical Probabilistic Risk Assessment (PRA) of Nuclear Power Plants …

Methodological and practical comparison of integrated probabilistic risk assessment (I-PRA) with the existing fire PRA of nuclear power plants

T Sakurahara, Z Mohaghegh, S Reihani… - Nuclear …, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
Nearly half of the US nuclear power plants (NPPs) are in the process of transitioning, or
have already transitioned, to a risk-informed, performance-based fire protection program …

Methodology to evaluate the monetary benefit of Probabilistic Risk Assessment by modeling the net value of Risk-Informed Applications at nuclear power plants

J Pence, M Abolhelm, Z Mohaghegh, S Reihani… - Reliability Engineering & …, 2018 - Elsevier
Abstract Probabilistic Risk Assessment (PRA) used in Nuclear Power Plants serves as a
pillar of the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission's Risk-Informed Regulatory framework, and …

[PDF][PDF] Quantifying organizational factors in human reliability analysis using the big data-theoretic algorithm

J Pence, Z Mohaghegh, V Dang, C Ostroff… - … Topical Meeting on …, 2015 - researchgate.net
Probabilistic Risk Assessment (PRA) is an effective tool for estimating risk from interactions
of equipment failure and human error. Human Reliability Analysis (HRA) focuses on …

[PDF][PDF] Toward monitoring organizational safety indicators by integrating probabilistic risk assessment, socio-technical systems theory, and big data analytics

J Pence, Z Mohaghegh, E Kee, F Yilmaz… - Proceedings of 12th …, 2014 - iapsam.org
Many catastrophic accidents have organizational factors as key contributors; however,
current generations of Probabilistic Risk Assessment (PRA) do not include a comprehensive …

[PDF][PDF] Spatio-temporal socio-technical risk analysis methodology: an application in emergency response

H Bui, J Pence, Z Mohaghegh… - Proceedings of the …, 2017 - researchgate.net
This paper reports on the status of on-going research regarding the development of a Spatio-
Temporal Socio-Technical Risk Analysis (ST-SoTeRiA) methodology for Emergency …

[PDF][PDF] On the incorporation of spatio-temporal dimensions into socio-technical risk analysis

J Pence, Z Mohaghegh - … Assessment and Analysis, Sun Valley, ID, 2015 - researchgate.net
In Probabilistic Risk Assessment (PRA), the temporal dimension has been improved, and is
currently being explicitly considered in simulation-based techniques. However, the spatial …

Theorizing and quantifying organizational and social factors in probabilistic risk assessment of complex systems

JT Pence - 2020 - ideals.illinois.edu
Organizational and social factors remain elusive and latent contributors to incidents and
accidents in high-consequence industries, such as nuclear power, aviation, oil and gas, and …