Conception and Evolution of the Probabilistic Method for Damage Stability Assessment

The paper provides a full description and explanation of the probabilistic concept of ship damage stability from its conception to date, explaining its assumptions and limitations and describing its evolution for specific application to passenger ships, using contemporary numerical and experimental tools and data. It also provides comparisons in results between statistical and direct approaches and makes recommendations on how we can reconcile with the implicit assumptions in the approach for use in ship design and operation.