Analytic method to break logical loops automatically in PSA

Reliability Engineering and System Safety

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 101-105

  Yang, Joon Eon ^a   Han, Sang Hoon ^a   Park, Jin Hee ^a   Jin, Young Ho ^a  

^a Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; FAILURE ANALYSIS; PROBABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT;

LOGICAL LOOPS; PROBABILISTIC SAFETY ASSESSMENT (PSA);

RELIABILITY THEORY;

EID: 0031130804     PISSN: 09518320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0951-8320(96)00142-1     Document Type: Article

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