Reliability of Safety-Critical Systems: Theory and Applications

Reliability of Safety-Critical Systems: Theory and Applications

Volumn 9781118112724, Issue , 2014, Pages 1-448

  Rausand, Marvin ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

LIFE CYCLE; RELIABILITY THEORY; SECURITY SYSTEMS;

FUNCTIONAL SAFETY; INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS; LIFE CYCLE APPROACH; PERFORMANCE BASED STANDARDS; RELIABILITY ASSESSMENTS; SAFETY CRITICAL SYSTEMS; SAFETY INTEGRITY LEVELS; SAFETY-RELATED SYSTEMS;

SAFETY ENGINEERING;

EID: 84900991219     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781118776353     Document Type: Book

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