Computational environment and software configuration management of the 1996 performance assessment for the waste isolation pilot plant

Reliability Engineering and System Safety

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 429-436

  Froehlich, G K ^a   Williamson, C M ^b   Ogden, H C ^a  

^a SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

^b HEWLETT PACKARD COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY; COMPUTER SOFTWARE SELECTION AND EVALUATION; GEOLOGICAL REPOSITORIES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PILOT PLANTS; PROCESS CONTROL; QUALITY ASSURANCE; REGULATORY COMPLIANCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; ROBUSTNESS (CONTROL SYSTEMS);

PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT (PA); SOFTWARE CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT; TRANSURANIC WASTES;

RADIOACTIVE WASTE DISPOSAL;

EID: 0343454037     PISSN: 09518320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0951-8320(00)00018-1     Document Type: Article

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