Conferences

2017

Pandya D, Podofillini L, Emert F, Lomax AJ, Dang VN and Sansavini G (2017). Quantification of human failure probabilities for radiotherapy: Relevance of THERP’s values. In: Proc. European Safety and Reliability Conference (Eds. M Cepin and R. Bris), Portoroz, Slovenia, 18-22 June 2017.

L. Podofillini, V.N. Dang (2017). First results from an analysis of recent operational events involving errors of commissions, In: Proc. European Safety and Reliability Conference (Eds. M Cepin and R. Bris), Portoroz, Slovenia, 18-22 June 2017

2016

L. Podofillini, L. Mkrtchyan, V.N. Dang. Quantifying human reliability analysis BBNs from partial information: combining operational event analyses and expert judgment. Proc. European Safety and Reliability 2016 (ESREL 2016), Glasgow, UK, 25-29 September 2016, 2016.

Rahman S, Karanki DR, Wicaksono D, Zerkak O, Dang VN (2016), Evaluation of Deterministic Sampling for Uncertainty Quantification in a Probabilistic Accident Analysis Model, NUTHOS-11: Proc. of the 11th International Topical Meeting on Nuclear Reactor Thermal-Hydraulics, Operation and Safety (Oct 9-13, 2016, Gyeongju, Korea) 1, N11P0291 (2016).

M. Röwekamp, K. Coyne, V. N. Dang, Y. Akl and J.-M. Lanore (2016), OECD WGRISK – Ongoing Tasks and Potential Future Activities, Proc. 13th International Conference on Probabilistic Safety Assessment and Management (PSAM 13), 2-7 October 2016, Seoul, Korea.

2015

E. Alijagic, Optimization of SIL allocation for safety functions implemented over layers of protection, 25th European Safety and Reliability Conference (ESREL), Zurich, Switzerland, September 7-10, 2015, CD-ROM.

P. Buffa, M. Giardina, S.F. Greco, G. Palermo, V.N. Dang, L. Podofillini, J. Esposito & G. Prete, Human Reliability Analysis to support operational planning of an experimental facility, 25th European Safety and Reliability Conference (ESREL), Zurich, Switzerland, September 7-10, 2015, CD-ROM.

D.R. Karanki, V.N. Dang, M.T. MacMillan, L. Podofillini, “A Comparison of Dynamic Event Tree Methods: Initial Results for a Chemical Batch Reactor”, 25th European Safety and Reliability Conference (ESREL), Zurich, Switzerland, September 7-10, 2015, CD-ROM.

L. Mkrtchyan, L. Podofillini & V.N. Dang, Overview of methods to build Conditional Probability Tables with partial expert information for Bayesian Belief Networks, 25th European Safety and Reliability Conference (ESREL), Zurich, Switzerland, September 7-10, 2015, CD-ROM.

D. Pandya, L. Podofillini, F. Emert, A.J. Lomax & V.N. Dang, A method for Human Reliability Analysis in radiotherapy: Identification and characterization of influencing factors, 25th European Safety and Reliability Conference (ESREL), Zurich, Switzerland, September 7-10, 2015, CD-ROM.

S. Rahman, D.R. Karanki, A. Epiney, O. Zerkak, and V.N. Dang, “Ranking of Uncertain Parameters for Dynamic Event Tree Analysis: A case Study based on a Station Blackout Scenario” 16th International Topical Meeting on Nuclear Reactor Thermal Hydraulics (NURETH-16), Chicago, USA, August 30-September 4, 2015, CD-ROM.

M. Röwekamp, V.N. Dang, J.-M. Lanore, K. Coyne, N. Blundell, Recent and Future Activities of the ECD Working Group on Risk Assessment (WGRISK), Proc. ANS International Topical Meeting on Probabilistic Safety Assessment (PSA 2015), Sun Valley, ID, USA, April 26-30, 2015.

M. Röwekamp, V.N. Dang, R. Gheorghe, J.-M. Lanore & K. Coyne, Recent and future activities of the OECD Nuclear Energy Agency Working Group on RISK assessment (WGRISK), 25th European Safety and Reliability Conference (ESREL), Zurich, Switzerland, September 7-10, 2015, CD-ROM.

2014

E. Alijagic, V. N. Dang, “Achieving Safe Designs Through Evaluation of Options at the Conceptual Level of Safety System Design”, Proc. European Safety and Reliability 2014 (ESREL2014), Wroclaw, Poland, 14 - 18 September 2014, CD-ROM, ISBN 978-1-138-02681-0.

E. Alijagic, V.N. Dang “Safety Review process-a methodology for qualitative verification of safety measures”, Safety, reliability and risk analysis: beyond the horizon, Proc. European Safety and Reliability Conference (ESREL 2013), Eds: Steenbergen, R.D.J.M.; Gelder, P.H.A.J.M. van Miraglia, S.; Vrouwenvelder, A.C.W.M., Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 29 September – 2 October 2013, Pages: 77-84, (published) 2014 ISBN 978-1-315-81559-6, ISBN 978-1-138-00123-7

V.N. Dang, D.R. Karanki, “Modeling Operator Actions in Integrated Deterministic-Probabilistic Safety Assessment”, 12th International Probabilistic Safety Assessment and Management Conference (PSAM 12), Honolulu, Hawaii, USA, June 2014, CD-ROM.

D.R. Karanki, V.N. Dang, and M.T. MacMillan, “Uncertainty Propagation in Dynamic Event Trees - Initial Results for a Modified Tank Problem”, 12th International Probabilistic Safety Assessment and Management Conference (PSAM 12), Honolulu, Hawaii, USA, June 2014, CD-ROM.

L. Mkrtchyan, L. Podofillini & V.N. Dang, “A survey of Bayesian Belief Network Applications in Human Reliability Analysis”, Proc. European Safety and Reliability 2014 (ESREL2014), Wroclaw, Poland, 14 - 18 September 2014, CD-ROM, ISBN 978-1-138-02681-0.

L. Podofillini, L. Mkrtchyan & V.N. Dang, “Aggregating expert-elicited error probabilities to build HRA models”, Proc. European Safety and Reliability 2014 (ESREL2014), Wroclaw, Poland, 14 - 18 September 2014, CD-ROM, ISBN 978-1-138-02681-0.

L. Podofillini, L. Mkrtchyan & V.N. Dang, “Quantification of Bayesian Belief Net Relationships for HRA from Operational Event Analyses”, Proc. 12th International Probabilistic Safety Assessment and Management Conference (PSAM 12), CD-ROM.

L Podofillini, D. Pandya, V.N. Dang “Representation of parameter uncertainty in Bayesian Belief Networks for Human Reliability Analysis”, Safety, reliability and risk analysis: beyond the horizon, Proc. European Safety and Reliability Conference (ESREL 2013), Eds: Steenbergen, R.D.J.M.; Gelder, P.H.A.J.M. van Miraglia, S.; Vrouwenvelder, A.C.W.M., Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 29 September - 2 October 2013, Pages: 585-593, (published) 2014 ISBN 978-1-315-81559-6, ISBN 978-1-138-00123-7

S. Prvakova, V.N. Dang “A review of the current status of HRA data”, Safety, reliability and risk analysis: beyond the horizon, Proc. European Safety and Reliability Conference (ESREL 2013), Eds: Steenbergen, R.D.J.M.; Gelder, P.H.A.J.M. van Miraglia, S.; Vrouwenvelder, A.C.W.M., Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 29 September - 2 October 2013, Pages: 585-593, (published) 2014 ISBN 978-1-315-81559-6, ISBN 978-1-138-00123-7

S. Rahman, D.R. Karanki, O. Zerkak, V.N. Dang, “Treatment of epistemic and aleatory uncertainties in DET simulations: computational framework with ADS-TRACE”, NUTHOS-10, Japan, Dec 2014, CD-ROM.

2013

Karanki DR, Dang VN, Quantified Dynamic Event Trees Vs PSA - A Comparison for MLOCA Risk, ANS PSA 2013 International Topical Meeting on Probabilistic Safety Assessment and Analysis, Columbia, SC, USA, Sep 22-26, 2013, American Nuclear Society, 2013, CD-ROM.

Huafei Liao, J. Forester, V.N. Dang “Results and Insights from the US HRA Empirical Study”, 2013 ANS Winter Meeting, Washington, DC, USA, 10-14 Nov 2013, Trans. American Nuclear Society, Vol. 109, Issue: 2, Pages: 2019-22, 2013

Parry GW, Forester JA, Dang VN, Hendrickson SML, Presley M, Lois E, Xing J, IDHEAS - A New Approach for Human Reliability Analysis, ANS PSA 2013 Int. Topical Meeting on Probabilistic Safety Assessment and Analysis, Columbia, SC, USA, Sep 22-26, 2013, American Nuclear Society, 2013, CD-ROM.

Parry GW, Forester JA, Dang VN, Hendrickson SML, Presley M, Lois E, Xing J “IDHEAS: an integrated decision tree human event analysis system for Human Reliability Analysis”, 2013 ANS Winter Meeting, Washington, DC, USA, 10-14 Nov 2013, Trans. American Nuclear Society , Vol. 109, Issue: 2, Pages: 2088-, 2013

L. Podofillini, V.N. Dang, B. Reer “PSA-Informed Review of Emergency Procedural Guidance”, 2013 ANS Winter Meeting, Washington, DC, USA, 10-14 Nov 2013, Trans. American Nuclear Society , Vol. 109, Issue: 2, Pages: 2085-7, 2013

2012

Alijagic E, Dang VN, Designing Safety Functions for Complex Systems: Treating multiple hazards and shared components, Proc. 11th Probabilistic Safety Assessment and Management / European Safety and Reliability 2012 (PSAM11/ESREL2012), Helsinki, Finland, 25-29 June 2012, CD-ROM.

Podofillini L, Dang VN, Progress on Errors of Commission: an Outlook Based on Plant-Specific Results, Proc. 11th Probabilistic Safety Assessment and Management / European Safety and Reliability 2012 (PSAM11/ESREL2012), Helsinki, Finland, 25-29 June 2012, CD-ROM.

Podofillini L, Dang VN, Treating Complex Dynamics in Probabilistic Safety Assessment: a Case Study from the Process Industry, Proc. 11th Probabilistic Safety Assessment and Management / European Safety and Reliability 2012 (PSAM11/ESREL2012), Helsinki, Finland, 25-29 June 2012, CD-ROM.

Karanki DR, Dang VN, Treating Dependencies among Safety Functions in Dynamic Event Tree Quantification, ICQRITITM-2012, New Delhi, India,26-28th November 2012.

Karanki DR, Dang VN, Kim TW, The Impact of Dynamics on the MLOCA Accident Model - An Application of Dynamic Event Trees, Proc. 11th Probabilistic Safety Assessment and Management / European Safety and Reliability 2012 (PSAM11/ESREL2012), Helsinki, Finland, 25-29 June 2012, CD-ROM.

Stempfel Y, Dang VN, Evaluating the Bayesian Belief Network as a Human Reliability Model - The Effect of Unreliable Data, Proc. 11th Probabilistic Safety Assessment and Management / European Safety and Reliability 2012 (PSAM11/ESREL2012), Helsinki, Finland, 25-29 June 2012, CD-ROM.

Bye A, Dang VN, Forester J, Hildebrandt M, Marble J, Liao H, Lois E, Overview and Preliminary Results of the US Empirical HRA Study, Proc. 11th Probabilistic Safety Assessment and Management / European Safety and Reliability 2012 (PSAM11/ESREL2012), Helsinki, Finland, 25-29 June 2012, CD-ROM.

Forester JA, Dang VN, Bye A, Boring R, Liao H, Lois E, Conclusions on Human Reliability Analysis (HRA) Methods from the International HRA Empirical Study, Proc. 11th Probabilistic Safety Assessment and Management / European Safety and Reliability 2012 (PSAM11/ESREL2012), Helsinki, Finland, 25-29 June 2012, CD-ROM.

Marble J, Liao H, Presley M, Forester J, Bye A, Dang VN, Lois E, Results and Insights Derived from the Intra-Method Comparisons of the US HRA Empirical Study, Proc. 11th Probabilistic Safety Assessment and Management / European Safety and Reliability 2012 (PSAM11/ESREL2012), Helsinki, Finland, 25-29 June 2012, CD-ROM.

Hendrickson SML, ForesterJA, Dang VN, Mosleh A, Lois E, Xing J, HRA Method Analysis Criteria, Proc. 11th Probabilistic Safety Assessment and Management / European Safety and Reliability 2012 (PSAM11/ESREL2012), Helsinki, Finland, 25-29 June 2012, CD-ROM.

Hendrickson SML, Parry GW, ForesterJA, Dang VN, Lewis S, Lois E, Xing J, Towards an Improved HRA Method, Proc. 11th Probabilistic Safety Assessment and Management / European Safety and Reliability 2012 (PSAM11/ESREL2012), Helsinki, Finland, 25-29 June 2012, CD-ROM.

2011

D.R. Karanki, V.N. Dang, T.W. Kim, Discrete Dynamic Event Tree Analysis of MLOCA Using ADS-TRACE, Proc. ANS Int. Topical meeting on Probabilistic Safety Assessment and Analysis (PSA 2011), Wilmington, NC, USA, 13-17 March 2011, CD-ROM.

L. Podofillini, V.N. Dang, O. Nusbaumer, D. Dres, First Results from a Study for Errors of Commission for a Boiling Water Reactor, Proc. ANS Int. Topical meeting on Probabilistic Safety Assessment and Analysis (PSA 2011), Wilmington, NC, USA, 13-17 March 2011, CD-ROM.

M.A. Zimmermann, V.N. Dang, J.-M. Lanore, P. Probst, J. Hortal, A. Amri, Insights from the SM2A pilot study towards quantification of a change of plant safety margin after a hypothetical power up-rate, Proc. ANS Int. Topical meeting on Probabilistic Safety Assessment and Analysis (PSA 2011), Wilmington, NC, USA, 13-17 March 2011, CD-ROM.

Y. Stempfel, V.N. Dang, Developing and Evaluating the Bayesian Belief Network as a Human Reliability Model Using Artificial Data, Proc. European Reliability and Safety Conference (ESREL 2011), Troyes, France, 18-22 Sept. 2011, CD-ROM.

J. Kim, V.N. Dang, Impact of Advanced Alarm Systems and Information Displays on Human Reliability in the Digital Control Room of Nuclear Power Plants, Proc. Int. Symp. on Future I&C for Nuclear Power Plants (ICI 2011), 21-25 August 2011, Daejon, Korea

2010

BAE Y., KIM J., PARK C. MARS code Analysis of Operator Action Time in the SLOCA Event, Proc. 10th Int. Conf. on Probabilistic Safety Assessment and Management (PSAM10), Seattle, USA, 7-11 June 2010, CD-ROM (IBBN: 978-1-4507-1556-0).

BORING R.L., FORESTER J.A., BYE A., DANG V.N., LOIS E. Lessons Learned on Benchmarking from the International Human Reliability Analysis Empirical Study, Proc. 10th Int. Conf. on Probabilistic Safety Assessment and Management (PSAM10), Seattle, USA, 7-11 June 2010, CD-ROM (IBBN: 978-1-4507-1556-0).

DANG V.N., FORESTER J.A., MOSLEH A. Developing a New HRA Quantification Approach from Best Methods and Practices, Proc. 10th Int. Conf. on Probabilistic Safety Assessment and Management (PSAM10), Seattle, USA, 7-11 June 2010, CD-ROM (IBBN: 978-1-4507-1556-0).

DANG V.N., KIM T.-W., ZIMMERMANN M.A., MANERA A. Assessing Safety Margins: the impact of a power uprate on risk from Small and Medium LOCA scenarios, Proc. 10th Int. Conf. on Probabilistic Safety Assessment and Management (PSAM10), Seattle, USA, 7-11 June 2010, CD-ROM (IBBN: 978-1-4507-1556-0).

DANG V.N., MASSAIU S., BYE A., FORESTER J.A. Quantitative Results of the HRA Empirical Study and the Role of Quantitative Data in Benchmarking, Proc. 10th Int. Conf. on Probabilistic Safety Assessment and Management (PSAM10), Seattle, USA, 7-11 June 2010, CD-ROM (IBBN: 978-1-4507-1556-0).

FORESTER J.A., LOIS E., DANG V.N., BYE A, PARRY G.W., JULIUS J.A. Lessons Learned on Human Reliability Analysis (HRA) Methods from the International HRA Empirical Study, Proc. 10th Int. Conf. on Probabilistic Safety Assessment and Management (PSAM10), Seattle, USA, 7-11 June 2010, CD-ROM (IBBN: 978-1-4507-1556-0).

KARANKI D.R., DANG V.N. Quantification of Uncertainty in Fault Tree Analysis with Correlated Basic Events, Proc. Eur. Safety and Reliability Conference (ESREL 2010), Rhodes, Greece, 5-9 September 2010, Taylor & Francis Group, London, p. 1619-1628, ISBN 978-0-415-60427-7.

KIM J., PODOLFILLINI L., LE BOT P. Development of a Questionnaire for Characterization of Emergency Operation System: toward a Better Understanding of Crew Behavior, Proc. 10th Int. Conf. on Probabilistic Safety Assessment and Management (PSAM10), Seattle, USA, 7-11 June 2010, CD-ROM (IBBN: 978-1-4507-1556-0).

MERCURIO D., DANG V.N. Use of dynamic event trees to model variability in crew time performance, Proc. 10th Int. Conf. on Probabilistic Safety Assessment & Management (PSAM10), Seattle, USA, June 15-18, 2010, CD-ROM (IBBN: 978-1-4507-1556-0).

MOSLEH A., FORESTER J.A., BORING R.L., HENDRICKSON S.M.L., WHALEY A.M., SHEN S.-H., KELLY D.L., CHANG J.Y.H., DANG V.N., OXSTRAND J.H., LOIS E.L. A Model-Based Human Reliability Analysis Framework, Proc. 10th Int. Conf. on Probabilistic Safety Assessment and Management (PSAM10), Seattle, USA, 7-11 June 2010, CD-ROM (IBBN: 978-1-4507-1556-0).

PODOFILLINI L., DANG V.N., NUSBAUMER O., DRES D. Identification of Errors of Commission for a Swiss Nuclear Power Plant: application of the CESA method, Proc. Eur. Safety and Reliability Conference (ESREL 2010), Safety, Reliability and Risk Analysis, Rhodes, Greece, 5-9.10.2010, p. 2429-2436, ISBN 978-0-415-60427-7.

PODOFILLINI L., REER B. Assessment of the CESA-Q HRA method against simulator data, Proc. Eur. Safety and Reliability Conference (ESREL 2010), Safety, Reliability and Risk Analysis, Rhodes, Greece, 5-9 September 2010, p. 2419-2428, ISBN 978-0-415-60427-7.

2009

BARALDI P., CONTI M., ZIO E., DANG V.N., PODOFILLINI L., A Bayesian Network model for dependence assessment in Human Reliability Analysis. Proc. Eur. Safety and Reliability Conference (ESREL 2009), Safety, Reliability and Risk Analysis, Prague, Czech Republic, 7-10.09.2009, p. 223-230. ISBN: 978-0-415-55509-8

PODOFILLINI L., DANG V.N., BARALDI P., CONTI M., ZIO E. A review of Decision Tree models for assessing Human Reliability Analysis dependence. Proc. Eur. Safety and Reliability Conference (ESREL 2009), Safety, Reliability and Risk Analysis, Prague, Czech Republic, 7-10.09.2009, p. 253-259. ISBN: 978-0-415-55509-8

2008

CHANG Y.H., MERCURIO D., DANG V.N., MOSLEH A.M. Recent Developments and Insights from Application of ADS-IDAC Dynamic PRA Platform, Proc. 9th Int. Conf. on Probabilistic Safety Assessment and Management (PSAM9), Hong Kong, China, 18-23 May .05.2008, Hong Kong, China, CD-ROM, 2008.

CHAWLA R., DANG V.N., MIKITYUK K. (EDS.) PHYSOR’08, Proc. of the International Conference on the Physics of Reactors, Interlaken, Switzerland, 14-19 September 2008, PSI Proceedings 08-02. (CD-ROM) ISBN: 978-3-9521409-5-6

DANG V.N., SIU N.O., AMRI A. Human Reliability - WGRisk Findings and Outlook for Data Collection and Exchange, Proc. ANS Topical Meeting on Probabilistic Safety Assessment (PSA’08), Knoxville, TN, USA, 7-11 Sept. 2008. CD-ROM. ISBN: 978-0-89448-065-2.

DANG V.N., PODOFILLINI L. Evaluating HRA Methods in the Simulator - the problem of operationalizing performance influences in HRA and in data analysis. Proc. Enlarged Halden Programme Group (EHPG) Meeting (CD-ROM), Loen, Norway, 18-23.05.2008

DANG V.N., BYE A., LOIS E., FORESTER J.A., BRAARUD P.O. Benchmarking HRA methods against simulator data - Design and organization of the international HRA Empirical Study, Proc. 9th Int. Conf. on Probabilistic Safety Assessment and Management (PSAM9), Hong Kong, China, 18-23.05.2008, CD-ROM, 2008

DANG V.N., FORESTER J.A., BYE A., LOIS E, BROBERG H., PARRY G.W., JULIUS J.A. Results from a pilot benchmarking study of HRA methods - A comparison of method predictions against the outcomes observed in the simulator study, Proc. 9th Int. Conf. on Probabilistic Safety Assessment and Management (PSAM9), Hong Kong, China, 18-23.05.2008, CD-ROM, 2008

FORESTER J.A., DANG V.N., BYE A., LOIS E. Defining the HRA analysis task in HRA method benchmarking - Approaches and outcomes in the International Empirical Study, Proc. 9th Int. Conf. on Probabilistic Safety Assessment and Management (PSAM9), Hong Kong, China, 18-23.05.2008, CD-ROM, 2008

FORESTER J.A., DANG V.N., BYE A., LOIS E, PARRY G.W., JULIUS J.A. Benchmarking Human Reliability Analysis (HRA) methods against simulator data - Method for the Comparison, Proc. 9th Int. Conf. on Probabilistic Safety Assessment and Management (PSAM9), Hong Kong, China, 18-23.05.2008, CD-ROM, 2008

LOIS E., PARRY G.W., JULIUS J.A., FORESTER J.A., BYE A., BROBERG H., DANG V.N. The International Empirical HRA Study Using Simulator Human Performance Data Proc. ANS Int. Topical Meeting on Probabilistic Safety Assessment (PSA’08), Knoxville, TN, USA, 7-11 Sept. 2008. CD-ROM. ISBN: 978-0-89448-065-2.

PARRY G.W., LOIS E., FORESTER J.A., DANG V.N., JULIUS J.A., BYE A. Insights from comparison of HRA method predictions with empirical dat on human performance in accident scenarios, Proc. 9th Int. Conf. on Probabilistic Safety Assessment and Management (PSAM9), Hong Kong, China, 18-23.05.2008

PODOFILLINI L., DANG V.N., ZIO E., BARALDI P., LIBRIZZI M. Techniques for verification of expert models for dependence assessment in human reliability analysis, Proc. 9th Int. Conf. on Probabilistic Safety Assessment and Management (PSAM9), Hong Kong, China, 18-23.05.2008

PODOFILLINI L., REER B. Comparing CESA-Q human reliability analysis with evidence from simulator: a first attempt, ESREL’08, Safety, Reliability and Risk Analysis, Valencia, Spain, 22-25.09.2008, p. 233-241. ISBN: 978-0-415-48513-5

SANI L., FILIPPINI R., BOLOGNESI' P., BRUNO O., MASINI P. Dependability study of a high speed railway vehicle, Proc 8th World Congress on Railway Research (CD ROM), Seoul, Korea, 18-22 May 2008.

BICCHI, M. BAVARO, G. BOCCADAMO, D. DE CARLI, R. FILIPPINI, G. GRIOLI, M. PICCIGALLO, A. ROSI, R. SCHIAVI, S. SEN, AND G. TONIETTI. Physical Human-Robot Interaction: Dependability, Safety, and Performance. Proc. 10th Intl. Workshop Advanced Motion Control, Trento, Italy, pp. 9-14, 26-28 March 2008.

2007

DANG V.N.1, BYE A.2, LOIS E.3, FORESTER J.4, KOLACZKOWSKI A.M. 5, BRAARUD P.Ø. 2 An Empirical Study of HRA Methods - Overall Design and Issues Proc. 2007 8th IEEE Conference on Human Factors and Power Plants (8th HFPP), Monterey, CA, USA, 26-31 Aug 2007, CD-ROM, 2007 (ISBN: 978-1-4244-0306-6)

DANG V.N. 1, BYE A. 2 "Evaluating HRA Methods in Light of Simulator Findings: Study Overview and Issues for an Empirical Test" Proc. Man-Technology Organization Sessions, Enlarged Halden Programme Group (EHPG) Meeting, HPR-367, Vol. 1, paper C2.1, 11-16 March 2007, Storefjell, Norway, 2007.

FORESTER J.1, KOLACZKOWSKI A.2, DANG V.N.3, LOIS E.4 Human Reliability Analysis (HRA) in the Context of HRA Testing with Empirical Data Proc. 2007 8th IEEE Conference on Human Factors and Power Plants (8th HFPP), Monterey, CA, USA, 26-31 Aug 2007. CD-ROM, (ISBN: 978-1-4244-0306-6)

PODOFILLINI L., DANG V.N. Probabilistic Safety Assessment of complex experimental facilities: lessons learned from the application to a neutron source facility (MEGAPIE) Proc. 2007 European Safety and Reliability Conference (ESREL 2007), Stavanger, Norway, 25-27 June 2007, Vol. 2, 1511-1519, 2007 (ISBN 978-0-415-44786-7)

PODOFILLINI L., ZIO E. Identification of important groups of events by a genetic algorithm search Proc. 2007 European Safety and Reliability Conference (ESREL 2007), Stavanger, Norway, 25-27 June 2007 , Vol. 1, 133-140, 2007 (ISBN 978-0-415-44786-7)

ZIO E., BARALDI P., LIBRIZZI M., PODOFILLINI L., DANG V.N. A Fuzzy Logic Model for Taking into Account Tasks Dependencies in Human Reliability Analysis, Proc. 2007 European Safety and Reliability Conference (ESREL 2007), Stavanger, Norway, 25-27 June 2007, Vol. 1, 773-780, 2007 (ISBN 978-0-415-44786-7)

E. ZIO, P. BARALDI, M. LIBRIZZI, L. PODOFILLINI, V.N. DANG Sensitivity analysis of a Fuzzy Expert System for modeling dependencies in human operators emergency tasks Proc., Summer Safety and Reliability Seminars (SSARS 2007), 22-29 July 2007, Sopot, Poland. Vol. 2, 379-390, 2007 (ISBN 978-83-925436-4-0)

2006

REER B., DANG V.N. A Technique for Scaling of Decision Error Opportunities Based on Situational Features Identified from Operational Events, in: M. G. Stamatelatos and H. S. Blackman (eds.), Proc. of the Eighth International Conference on Probabilistic Safety Assessment & Management (PSAM8), New Orleans, USA, May 15-18, 2006, ASME Press, New York, CD-ROM, ISBN 0791802442.

REER B., DANG V.N., PODOFILLINI L., CORAY D. "First Results from a Probabilistic Risk Assessment for PSI's Spot-Scanning Proton Therapy Facility", in: M. G. Stamatelatos and H. S. Blackman (eds.), Proc. of the Eighth International Conference on Probabilistic Safety Assessment & Management (PSAM8), New Orleans, USA, May 15-18, 2006, ASME Press, New York, CD-ROM, ISBN 0791802442.

DANG V.N., REBER E.H. Applying PSA to Radiation Source Facilities and Practices - Results and Recommendations from an IAEA Coordinated Research Project, in: M. G. Stamatelatos and H. S. Blackman (eds.), Proc. of the Eighth International Conference on Probabilistic Safety Assessment & Management (PSAM8), New Orleans, USA, May 15-18, 2006, ASME Press, New York, CD-ROM, ISBN 0791802442.

CHANG Y.H.J., COYNE K., MOSLEH A.M. A Nuclear Plant Accident Diagnosis Method to Support Prediction of Errors of Commission, Proceedings of the 5th International Topical Meeting on Nuclear Plant Instrumentation Control and Human Machine Interface Technology (NPIC&HMIT 2006), Albuquerque, NM, USA, November 12-16, 2006.

ZIO E., MERCURIO. D., PODOFILLINI L., DANG V.N. A fuzzy clustering approach for accident scenarios identification, Proceedings of the 2006 European Safety and Reliability Conference (ESREL 2006), Estoril, Portugal, 18-22.09.2006

ZIO E., PODOFILLINI L. Exploiting Importance Measures Information For Optimizing System Design By Genetic Algorithms, Proceedings of the 2006 European Safety and Reliability Conference (ESREL 2006), Estoril, Portugal, 18-22.09.2006.