Comparison of numerical methods for the assessment of production availability of a hybrid system

Reliability Engineering and System Safety

Volumn 93, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 168-177

  Eymard, Robert ^a   Mercier, Sophie ^a  

^a UFR des Sciences et Technologie   (France)

Author keywords

Dynamic reliability; Loss of production; Numerical methods; Production availability

Indexed keywords

BENCHMARKING; GAS INDUSTRY; MONTE CARLO METHODS; NUMERICAL METHODS; PRODUCTION;

DYNAMIC RELIABILITY; HYBRID SYSTEMS; PRODUCTION AVAILABILITY;

FINITE VOLUME METHOD;

EID: 34548614255     PISSN: 09518320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ress.2006.12.001     Document Type: Article

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