An efficient phased mission reliability analysis for autonomous vehicles

Reliability Engineering and System Safety

Volumn 95, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 226-235

  Remenyte Prescott, R ^a   Andrews, J D ^a   Chung, P W H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Autonomous system; Binary decision diagram; Fault tree; Phased mission; Reliability

Indexed keywords

AUTONOMOUS SYSTEM; AUTONOMOUS SYSTEMS; AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES; CIVIL AIRSPACE; DECISION-MAKING STRATEGIES; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; FAILURE PROBABILITY; FAULT-TREES; FUTURE MISSION; FUTURE PLANNING; LONG TERM; MAKING DECISION; PHASED MISSION; REAL TIME; UNMANNED AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES;

BINARY DECISION DIAGRAMS; DECISION MAKING; FAILURE ANALYSIS; RELIABILITY ANALYSIS; REMOTELY OPERATED VEHICLES; UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES (UAV); VEHICLES;

QUALITY ASSURANCE;

EID: 73649107872     PISSN: 09518320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ress.2009.10.002     Document Type: Article

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