An overview of PSA importance measures

Reliability Engineering and System Safety

Volumn 72, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 241-245

  Van Der Borst, M ^a   Schoonakker, H ^a  

^a Borssele Nuclear Power Plant   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Birnbaum importance; Figures of merit; Fussell Vesely importance; PRA; Probabilistic safety assessment; Risk achievement worth; Risk importance measures; Safety importance measures

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS; OPTIMIZATION; PREVENTIVE MAINTENANCE; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

BIRNBAUM IMPORTANCE THEORY; FUSSELL-VESELY IMPORTANCE THEORY; PROBABILISTIC SAFETY ASSESSMENT (PSA);

RELIABILITY THEORY;

EID: 0035369906     PISSN: 09518320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0951-8320(01)00007-2     Document Type: Article

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