Reliability analysis of complex systems based on the losses from failures

International Journal of Reliability, Quality and Safety Engineering

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 127-148

  Todinov, M T ^a  

^a CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cost of failure; Losses from failures; Optimization; Reliability; Reliability allocation; Risk

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; FAILURE ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTIMIZATION; RELIABILITY THEORY; RISKS; TOPOLOGY;

COST OF FAILURE; LOSSES FROM FAILURES; RELIABILITY ALLOCATION;

LARGE SCALE SYSTEMS;

EID: 33646406795     PISSN: 02185393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0218539306002161     Document Type: Article

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