Human error and common-cause failure modelling of a two-unit multiple system

Theoretical and Applied Fracture Mechanics

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 117-127

  El Damcese, M A ^a  

^a Tanta University   (Egypt)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ERROR ANALYSIS; MARKOV PROCESSES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RELIABILITY;

COMMON CAUSE FAILURES; MULTIPLEX SYSTEMS;

FAILURE ANALYSIS;

EID: 0031101585     PISSN: 01678442     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-8442(96)00040-7     Document Type: Article

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