Uncertainty in fault tree analysis: A fuzzy approach

Fuzzy Sets and Systems

Volumn 83, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 135-141

  Suresh, P V ^a   Babar, A K ^a   Venkat Raj, V ^a  

^a BHABHA ATOMIC RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

Author keywords

Fault tree analysis; Fuzzy set theory; Importance measures; Monte Carlo simulation; Uncertainty analysis

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FAILURE ANALYSIS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PROBABILITY;

FAILURE PROBABILITY; IMPORTANCE MEASURES; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

FUZZY SETS;

EID: 0030575591     PISSN: 01650114     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0165-0114(95)00386-X     Document Type: Article

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