Modeling cascading failures in 'systems of systems' with uncertain behavior

Applications of Statistics and Probability in Civil Engineering -Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Applications of Statistics and Probability in Civil Engineering

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 1858-1866

  Zio, E ^a   Sansavini, G ^b  

^a ECOLE CENTRALE PARIS   (France)

^b POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROBABILITY; SYSTEM OF SYSTEMS;

CASCADING FAILURES; MODEL FRAMEWORK; MODEL PARAMETERS; PROBABILISTIC REPRESENTATION; SAFETY MARGIN; SINGLE COMPONENTS; SYSTEMS OF SYSTEMS;

SAFETY ENGINEERING;

EID: 84856712011     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1201/b11332-276     Document Type: Conference Paper

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