Uncertainties and quantification of common cause failure rates and probabilities for system analyses

Reliability Engineering and System Safety

Volumn 90, Issue 2-3, 2005, Pages 186-195

  Vaurio, Jussi K ^a,b  

^a Fortum Oil and Gas Oy   (Finland)

^b LAPPEENRANTA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Common cause failures; Data analysis; Empirical Bayes; Failure rate; Impact vector; Mapping; Standby system; Unavailability; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

DATA REDUCTION; MAPPING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROBABILITY; STANDBY POWER SERVICE; TREES (MATHEMATICS); UNCERTAIN SYSTEMS; VECTORS;

COMMON CAUSE FAILURES; EMPIRICAL BAYES; IMPACT VECTORS; STANDBY SYSTEMS;

SYSTEMS ANALYSIS;

EID: 21644459700     PISSN: 09518320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ress.2004.10.014     Document Type: Conference Paper

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