Some computational improvements in process system reliability and safety analysis using dynamic methodologies

Reliability Engineering and System Safety

Volumn 52, Issue 3 SPEC. ISS., 1996, Pages 339-347

  Belhadj, Mohamed ^a   Aldemir, Tunc ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ALGORITHMS; BOILING WATER REACTORS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MATRIX ALGEBRA; PROCESS ENGINEERING; RANDOM ACCESS STORAGE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS; VECTORS;

COMPUTATIONAL TIME; DISCRETE STATE TRANSITION MODELS; PROCESS SYSTEM RELIABILITY; SAFETY ANALYSIS; SPARSE MATRIX TECHNIQUE;

RELIABILITY THEORY;

EID: 0030170189     PISSN: 09518320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0951-8320(95)00144-1     Document Type: Article

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