Reliability importance measures of the components in a system based on semivalues and probabilistic values

Annals of Operations Research

Volumn 109, Issue 1-4, 2002, Pages 331-342

  Freixas, Josep ^a   Puente, M Albina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Probabilistic values; Reliability; Reliability importance measures; Semivalues; Simple games

Indexed keywords

EID: 0141459277     PISSN: 02545330     EISSN: 15729338     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1016368606348     Document Type: Article

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