Using Game Theory to Improve Safety within Chemical Industrial Parks

• Main Authors: Reniers, Genserik (Author), Pavlova, Yulia (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: London : Springer London : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
• Series: Springer Series in Reliability Engineering,
• Subjects: Chemometrics.; Chemistry.; Chemical engineering.; Game theory.; Quality control.; Reliability.; Industrial safety.; Economics.; Game Theory.; Quality Control, Reliability, Safety and Risk.; Safety in Chemistry, Dangerous Goods.; Industrial Chemistry/Chemical Engineering.; Math. Applications in Chemistry.; Game Theory, Economics, Social and Behav. Sciences.

Though the game-theoretic approach has been vastly studied and utilized in relation to economics of industrial organizations, it has hardly been used to tackle safety management in multi-plant chemical industrial settings. Using Game Theory for Improving Safety within Chemical Industrial Parks prese...

Table of Contents:

• 1.Introduction
• 2.Safety management in chemical industrial clusters: the state-of-the-art
• 3.Introduction into strategic decision-making
• 4.A game-theoretic model for cross-plant prevention in a chemical industrial park
• 5.An algorithm to enhance safety collaboration within chemical industrial parks
• 6.Cooperative Incentives Approach (CIA) in case of an MPC with limited resources
• 7.Management roadmap to enhance safety collaboration in chemical industrial parks
• 8.Conclusions and recommendations.