The event sequence diagram framework for dynamic probabilistic risk assessment

Reliability Engineering and System Safety

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 73-90

  Swaminathan, S ^a   Smidts, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SYSTEM RECOVERY; FAILURE ANALYSIS; MAN MACHINE SYSTEMS; PROBABILITY; RELIABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EVENT SEQUENCE DIAGRAMS; PROBABILISTIC RISK ASSESSMENT;

COMPUTER SOFTWARE SELECTION AND EVALUATION;

EID: 0032710909     PISSN: 09518320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0951-8320(98)00027-1     Document Type: Article

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