Probabilistic dynamics as a tool for dynamic PSA

Reliability Engineering and System Safety

Volumn 52, Issue 3 SPEC. ISS., 1996, Pages 185-196

  Devooght, Jacques ^a   Smidts, Carol ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ERRORS; FISSION REACTIONS; MARKOV PROCESSES; MONTE CARLO METHODS; NUCLEAR REACTORS; NUMERICAL METHODS; PROBABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; VECTORS;

CHAPMAN-KOLMOGOROV FORMULATION; DETERMINISTIC DYNAMICS; HUMAN ERROR MODELLING; PHYSICAL VARIABLES; PROBABILISTIC DYNAMICS THEORY; SAFETY THRESHOLD; SEMI MARKOVIAN STATES;

RELIABILITY THEORY;

EID: 0030165773     PISSN: 09518320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0951-8320(95)00135-2     Document Type: Article

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