Mathematical formulation for the event sequence diagram framework

Reliability Engineering and System Safety

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 103-118

  Swaminathan, S ^a   Smidts, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FAULT TREE ANALYSIS; MARKOV PROCESSES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RELIABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EVENT SEQUENCE DIAGRAM (ESD) FRAMEWORK; PROBABILISTIC RISK ASSESSMENT (PRA); SCENARIO MODELING;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION;

EID: 0032629176     PISSN: 09518320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0951-8320(98)00092-1     Document Type: Article

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