Uncertainty assessment of reliability estimates for safety-instrumented systems

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part O: Journal of Risk and Reliability

Volumn 226, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 646-655

  Jin, Hui ^a   Lundteigen, Mary Ann ^a   Rausand, Marvin ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

complexity; Reliability; reliability data; reliability models; safety systems; uncertainty

Indexed keywords

COMPLEXITY; DECISION MAKERS; DESIGN AND OPERATIONS; MODEL UNCERTAINTIES; PARAMETER UNCERTAINTY; PROBABILITY OF FAILURE ON DEMAND; RELIABILITY DATA; RELIABILITY ESTIMATES; RELIABILITY MEASURE; RELIABILITY MODEL; RISK REDUCTIONS; SAFETY INSTRUMENTED SYSTEMS; TESTING STRATEGIES; UNCERTAINTY; UNCERTAINTY ASSESSMENT;

DECISION MAKING; ESTIMATION; INSTRUMENTS; RELIABILITY; RELIABILITY ANALYSIS; SAFETY ENGINEERING; SAFETY TESTING; SECURITY SYSTEMS;

UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 84873934277     PISSN: 1748006X     EISSN: 17480078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1748006X12462780     Document Type: Conference Paper

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