The analytic hierarchy process as a systematic approach to the identification of important parameters for the reliability assessment of passive systems

Nuclear Engineering and Design

Volumn 226, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 311-336

  Zio, E ^a   Cantarella, M ^a   Cammi, A ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS; PROBABILITY; PROBLEM SOLVING; RELIABILITY;

PASSIVE SYSTEMS;

NUCLEAR PHYSICS;

EID: 0242611513     PISSN: 00295493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0029-5493(03)00211-5     Document Type: Article

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