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  • Engineering Risk Assessment
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Causal Inference

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  • Bayesian networks (BNs) are increasingly used in engineering risk assessment for probabilistic modeling and causal reasoning.
  • Current applications primarily leverage associative reasoning to identify risk factors and analyze scenarios.
  • The potential of BNs for intervention reasoning remains largely unexplored in this domain.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To expand the application of Bayesian networks in engineering risk assessment to include intervention reasoning.
  • To provide a framework and mathematical tools for modeling interventions within BNs.
  • To enhance risk-informed decision support by enabling pre-implementation analysis of policies and actions.

Main Methods:

  • Formal mathematical development of intervention modeling in BNs.
  • Proposal of a framework for integrating intervention reasoning into engineering risk assessment.
  • Illustrative case study on third-party damage to natural gas pipelines.

Main Results:

  • Demonstration of how BNs can be adapted to support intervention reasoning.
  • Successful application of the proposed framework in a pipeline damage scenario.
  • Quantification of the potential effects of new actions or policies on system risk.

Conclusions:

  • Bayesian networks offer a powerful tool for intervention reasoning in engineering risk assessment.
  • The proposed framework enhances decision support by allowing proactive evaluation of interventions.
  • This approach can lead to more robust and informed risk management strategies.