Reliability and availability evaluation of wireless sensor networks for industrial applications

Sensors

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 806-838

  Silva, Ivanovitch ^a   Guedes, Luiz Affonso ^a   Portugal, Paulo ^b   Vasques, Francisco ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO NORTE   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Dependability evaluation; Fault tree analysis; Isa 100.11a; Wireless sensor networks; Wirelesshart

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMPUTER NETWORK; EQUIPMENT; EVALUATION; INDUSTRY; INSTRUMENTATION; REPRODUCIBILITY; VALIDATION STUDY; WIRELESS COMMUNICATION;

ALGORITHMS; AUTOMATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMPUTER COMMUNICATION NETWORKS; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; INDUSTRY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; WIRELESS TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 84856247989     PISSN: 14248220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/s120100806     Document Type: Article

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