Monte Carlo estimation of the differential importance measure: Application to the protection system of a nuclear reactor

Reliability Engineering and System Safety

Volumn 86, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 11-24

  Marseguerra, M ^a   Zio, E ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Differential importance measure; Monte Carlo simulation; Reactor protection system; Risk assessment; Sensitivity analysis

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; RELIABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

DIFFERENTIAL IMPORTANCE MEASURE; DIFFERENTIAL IMPORTANCE MEASURE (DIM); REACTOR PROTECTION SYSTEM; SYSTEM TRANSPORT;

NUCLEAR REACTORS;

EID: 2942576193     PISSN: 09518320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ress.2003.12.011     Document Type: Article

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