Importance measures-based prioritization for improving the performance of multi-state systems: application to the railway industry

Reliability Engineering and System Safety

Volumn 92, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1303-1314

  Zio, Enrico ^a   Marella, Marco ^a   Podofillini, Luca ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Importance measures; Monte Carlo; Multi state systems; Risk informed optimization

Indexed keywords

MONTE CARLO METHODS; RAILROAD TRAFFIC CONTROL; RELIABILITY; RISK MANAGEMENT; SAFETY FACTOR; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS;

IMPORTANCE MEASURES; MULTI-STATE SYSTEMS; RISK-INFORMED OPTIMIZATION;

RAILROAD TRANSPORTATION;

EID: 34250208111     PISSN: 09518320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ress.2006.07.010     Document Type: Article

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