Risk Analysis for Autonomous Underwater Vehicle Operations in Extreme Environments

• Published in: Risk Analysis
• Main Authors: Mario Paulo Brito, Gwyn Griffiths, Peter Challenor
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Subjects: Pine Island Glacier; Meier; Antarc*; Antarctica; Pine Island
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1539-6924.2010.01476.x

Autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs) are used increasingly to explore hazardous marine environments. Risk assessment for such complex systems is based on subjective judgment and expert knowledge as much as on hard statistics. Here, we describe the use of a risk management process tailored to AUV op...