Modeling PSA problems - I: The stimulus-driven theory of probabilistic dynamics

Nuclear Science and Engineering

Volumn 150, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 115-139

  Labeau, P E ^a,c   Izquierdo, J M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^b Presidenta de la Comisión Nacional de Radiofísica Vocal del Comité Asesor del Consejo de Seguridad Nuclear Expresidenta de la Sociedad Española de Protección Radiológica   (Spain)

^c FUND FOR SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; INTEGRAL EQUATIONS; MARKOV PROCESSES; PROBABILITY; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; PROBLEM SOLVING; TREES (MATHEMATICS);

CHAPMAN-KOLMOGOROV EQUATION; NON-MARKOVIAN TREATMENT; SAFETY ANALYSIS; THEORY OF PROBABILISTIC DYNAMICS (TPD);

PROBABILISTIC LOGICS;

EID: 20844444298     PISSN: 00295639     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.13182/NSE05-A2506     Document Type: Article

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