Analyzing the causation of a railway accident based on a complex network

• Published in: Chinese physics B Vol. 23; no. 2; pp. 28904 - 1-028904-7
• Main Authors: Ma, Xin, Li, Ke-Ping, Luo, Zi-Yan, Zhou, Jin
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: 01.02.2014
• Subjects: Accidents; Causation; Construction; Inspection; Mathematical models; Networks; Railway accidents; Trains

In this paper, a new model is constructed for the causation analysis of railway accident based on the complex network theory. In the model, the nodes are defined as various manifest or latent accident causal factors. By employing the complex network theory, especially its statistical indicators, the...