Reliability and validity of risk analysis

Reliability Engineering and System Safety

Volumn 94, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1862-1868

  Aven, Terje ^a   Heide, Bjørnar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STAVANGER   (Norway)

Author keywords

Bayesian approaches; Probability of frequency approach; Reliability and validity; Risk analysis; Scientific requirements

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS APPROACH; BAYESIAN APPROACHES; FREQUENCY APPROACH; QUALITY REQUIREMENTS; RELATIVE FREQUENCIES; RELIABILITY AND VALIDITY; SCIENTIFIC REQUIREMENTS; STATISTICAL INFERENCE;

BAYESIAN NETWORKS; PROBABILITY; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; QUALITY ASSURANCE; QUALITY CONTROL; RELIABILITY ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY FACTOR;

RISK ANALYSIS;

EID: 67949088086     PISSN: 09518320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ress.2009.06.003     Document Type: Article

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