Fault tree analysis in an early design stage using the Dempster-Shafer theory of evidence

Proceedings of the European Safety and Reliability Conference 2007, ESREL 2007 - Risk, Reliability and Societal Safety

Volumn 1, Issue , 2007, Pages 713-722

  Limbourg, P ^a   Savic R ^b   Petersen, J ^a   Kochs, H D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

^b ZF FRIEDRICHSHAFEN AG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGLOMERATION; DATA FUSION; FAILURE ANALYSIS; FAULT TREE ANALYSIS; FORMAL LOGIC; MODEL STRUCTURES; PROBABILITY; RELIABILITY; SENSOR DATA FUSION; SYSTEM THEORY; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

ACCURATE TESTS; AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSIONS; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENTS; DEMPSTER-SHAFER THEORIES; DEVELOPMENT STAGES; EARLY DESIGN STAGES; EXPERT ESTIMATES; FIELD DATUMS; MASS FUNCTIONS; OVERALL MODELS; PROBABILISTIC UNCERTAINTIES; SAFE DESIGNS; SYSTEM MODELS; UNCERTAINTY TREATMENTS;

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EID: 51649102308     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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