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Efficacy of Safety-Related Investments To Reduce Fatalities on the East Japan Railway

Arnold I. Barnett, Carl D. Martland, Amedeo R. Odoni, and Joseph M. SussmanView all authors and affiliations
Volume 1691, Issue 1
https://doi.org/10.3141/1691-03

Abstract

In any organization there is a limit on the amount of resources that can be used for risk reduction. By examining strategies for reducing the risk of fatalities on the East Japan Railway (JR East), a framework in which risk-reduction resources can be used well is described. Basic principles of risk assessment are introduced. Various analyses and models to study collisions, earthquake effects, level-crossing accidents, and operating policies regarding natural hazards are presented. The concept of a global risk assessment of JR East is included. The question of perceived versus objective risk is discussed in the context of safety-related investment.

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Volume 1691, Issue 1
Pages: 19 - 23
Article first published: January 1999
Issue published: January 1999

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Arnold I. Barnett
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02139
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Carl D. Martland
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02139
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Amedeo R. Odoni
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02139
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Joseph M. Sussman
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02139
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