Probabilistic engineering analysis using the NESSUS software

Structural Safety

Volumn 28, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 83-107

  Thacker, Ben H ^a   Riha, David S ^a   Fitch, Simeon H K ^b   Huyse, Luc J ^a   Pleming, Jason B ^a  

^a SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b Mustard Seed Software   (United States)

Author keywords

NESSUS; Probabilistic; Reliability; Software; Stochastic; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER AIDED SOFTWARE ENGINEERING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FAULT TREE ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROBABILITY; RANDOM PROCESSES; RELIABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT;

PROBABILISTIC ENGINEERING ANALYSIS; RELIABILITY ANALYSIS; SOFTWARE PACKAGE NESSUS;

STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 27744516581     PISSN: 01674730     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.strusafe.2004.11.003     Document Type: Article

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