A method for ranking components importance in presence of epistemic uncertainties

Journal of Loss Prevention in the Process Industries

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 582-592

  Baraldi, P ^a   Zio, E ^a   Compare, M ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Components ranking; Importance Measure; Quicksort; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

AUXILIARY FEEDWATER SYSTEMS; COMPONENTS RANKING; EPISTEMIC UNCERTAINTIES; IMPORTANCE MEASURE; MODEL PARAMETERS; QUICKSORT; SYSTEM PERFORMANCE MEASURES; UNCERTAINTY;

PRESSURIZED WATER REACTORS; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; RISK ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK PERCEPTION; SAFETY FACTOR; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

EID: 67650215959     PISSN: 09504230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jlp.2009.02.013     Document Type: Article

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