Statistical aspects of best estimate method - I

Reliability Engineering and System Safety

Volumn 80, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 217-232

  Guba, Attila ^a   Makai, Mihály ^a   Pál, Lénárd ^a  

^a KFKI ATOMIC ENERGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Best estimate; Black box model; Chaos; Safety analysis; Statistics

Indexed keywords

CHAOS THEORY; ERROR ANALYSIS; HYDRAULICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS;

SAFETY ANALYSIS;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION;

EID: 0037409959     PISSN: 09518320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0951-8320(03)00022-X     Document Type: Article

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