Issues and insights of PRA methodology in nuclear and space applications

Conference Proceedings - IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man and Cybernetics

Volumn 1, Issue , 2005, Pages 510-517

  Hsu, Feng ^a   Musicki, Zoran ^b  

^a SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION   (United States)

^b ZM Engineering Consulting   (United States)

Author keywords

Probabilistic Risk Assessment; Space Shuttle Nuclear Plant Safety

Indexed keywords

EXTENSIVE MODELING PRACTICES; PROBABILISTIC RISK ASSESSMENT;

AEROSPACE INDUSTRY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROBABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT;

NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS;

EID: 27944497470     PISSN: 1062922X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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