What limits the ability of design organizations to predict failure?

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part B: Journal of Engineering Manufacture

Volumn 215, Issue 10, 2001, Pages 1471-1474

  Busby, J S ^a,b   Strutt, J E ^a,b  

^a University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

^b CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Design; Failure; Organization; Reliability

Indexed keywords

EID: 33747183409     PISSN: 09544054     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1243/0954405011519105     Document Type: Article

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