Reliability engineering: Old problems and new challenges

Reliability Engineering and System Safety

Volumn 94, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 125-141

  Zio, E ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Complex systems; Reliability engineering; Risk analysis; Safety; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

LARGE SCALE SYSTEMS; QUALITY ASSURANCE; RELIABILITY ANALYSIS; RISK ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY ENGINEERING; SAFETY FACTOR; SYSTEMS ENGINEERING; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

COMPLEX SYSTEMS; ENGINEERED SYSTEMS; PROBLEMS AND CHALLENGES; QUALITATIVE; QUANTITATIVE; QUANTITATIVE TREATMENTS; RELIABILITY ENGINEERING; RELIABILITY ENGINEERINGS; SAFETY; SCIENTIFIC DISCIPLINES; SYSTEM SAFETIES; TECHNICAL SYSTEMS; TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGES; UNCERTAINTY;

RELIABILITY;

EID: 54049155665     PISSN: 09518320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ress.2008.06.002     Document Type: Review

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