Modeling PSA problems - II: A cell-to-cell transport theory approach

Nuclear Science and Engineering

Volumn 150, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 140-154

  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

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; COMPUTER HARDWARE; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; MARKOV PROCESSES; PROBABILISTIC LOGICS; PROBABILITY; PROBLEM SOLVING; RELIABILITY THEORY;

CELL-TO-CELL TRANSPORT THEORY; DYNAMIC RELIABILITY; PROBABILISTIC SAFETY ANALYSIS (PSA); SYSTEM DYNAMICS;

TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

EID: 20844450712     PISSN: 00295639     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.13182/NSE05-A2507     Document Type: Article

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