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EPSRC Reference:	GR/R30624/01
Title:	Application of Approximate Reasoning Methodologies to the Offshore Design Process
Principal Investigator:	Wang, Professor J
Other Investigators:	Yang, Professor J Dale, Professor B Ruxton, Professor T Yang, Dr J
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Project Partners:	AMEC AMEY E Q E International Ltd Health and Safety Executive Lloyd's Register N N C Ltd Qars Management & Engineering Technical University of Lisbon UK Offshore Operators Association
Department:	Engineering Tech and Maritime Operations
Organisation:	Liverpool John Moores University
Scheme:	Standard Research (Pre-FEC)
Starts:	01 November 2001	Ends:	31 October 2003	Value (£):	86,782
EPSRC Research Topic Classifications:	Design Processes
EPSRC Industrial Sector Classifications:	Construction Water No relevance to Underpinning Sectors Sports and Recreation R&D
Related Grants:	GR/R32413/01
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To improve competitiveness, companies must reduce cost and environmental impact whilst improving safety, quality and maintainability in design and manufacture of their products. Such multiple criteria have to be considered in design assessment at various design stages. In particular, safety assessment is of paramount importance in design of offshore installations. The difficulty in conducting design assessment comes from the fact that limited reliable data are available to measure criteria at the early design stages, though vague information or subjective judgements are often used. Advanced approaches that can address the above issues need to be developed.In this project, several pragmatic modelling techniques, a rigorous assessment methodology and software will be developed. They can be used to facilitate assessment of offshore and other made-to-order products even in situations where conventional approaches cannot be applied with confidence due to the lack of data and the high level of vagueness and subjectivity. The outcomes of this project can be used to significantly improve design assessment processes in conceptual design, design validations and requirements definition, identified as being important research areas in this call. This project will also provide an opportunity for both researchers and industrialists in safety assessment and decision making to work together.
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