A Weibull-based compositional approach for hierarchical dynamic fault trees

Reliability Engineering and System Safety

Volumn 109, Issue , 2013, Pages 45-52

  Chiacchio, F ^a   Cacioppo, M ^a   Durso, D ^a   Manno, G ^a   Trapani, N ^a   Compagno, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Analytical techniques; Industrial processes; Monte Carlo simulation; Reliability

Indexed keywords

MODULAR CONSTRUCTION; RELIABILITY; RELIABILITY ANALYSIS; WEIBULL DISTRIBUTION;

ANALYTICAL TECHNIQUES; COMPUTATIONAL EFFORT; DYNAMIC FAULT TREES; FAULT-TREES; GENERAL CLASS; HIERARCHICAL TECHNIQUES; INDUSTRIAL PROCESSS; MODULARIZATIONS; MONTE CARLO SIMULATION; RELIABILITY ASSESSMENTS; SIMULATION METHODS; STATE-SPACE EXPLOSION; THEORETICAL FOUNDATIONS; TRADITIONAL TECHNIQUES;

MONTE CARLO METHODS;

EID: 84866283853     PISSN: 09518320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ress.2012.07.005     Document Type: Article

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