Optimization of the inspection intervals of a safety system in a nuclear power plant by Multi-Objective Differential Evolution (MODE)

Reliability Engineering and System Safety

Volumn 96, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1552-1563

  Zio, E ^a,b   Viadana, G ^b  

^a ECOLE CENTRALE PARIS   (France)

^b POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Differential Evolution; Evolutionary Algorithms; Genetic Algorithms; Safety system

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATION TIME; DIFFERENTIAL EVOLUTION; HIGH PRESSURE INJECTION SYSTEM; INSPECTION INTERVALS; MULTI OBJECTIVE; MULTI-OBJECTIVE DIFFERENTIAL EVOLUTIONS; PARETO FRONTIERS; SAFETY SYSTEM; SINGLE OBJECTIVE OPTIMIZATION;

BIOLOGY; GENETIC ALGORITHMS; NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS; PRESSURIZED WATER REACTORS; SECURITY SYSTEMS; WATER INJECTION;

MULTIOBJECTIVE OPTIMIZATION;

EID: 80052488470     PISSN: 09518320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ress.2011.06.010     Document Type: Article

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