Treatment of dependent failures in availability analyses

Nuclear Engineering and Design

Volumn 205, Issue 1-2, 2001, Pages 199-204

  Fischer, H D ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; COMPUTER HARDWARE; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; FAILURE ANALYSIS; NUCLEAR INDUSTRY;

AVAILABILITY ANALYSIS;

NUCLEAR INSTRUMENTATION;

EID: 0034831272     PISSN: 00295493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0029-5493(00)00353-8     Document Type: Article

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