Criticality and sensitivity analysis of the components of a system

Reliability Engineering and System Safety

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 147-152

  Carot, V ^a   Sanz, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; RANDOM PROCESSES; REPAIR; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

CRITICALITY;

RELIABILITY;

EID: 0033742921     PISSN: 09518320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0951-8320(00)00011-9     Document Type: Article

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