Method for evaluating an extended Fault Tree to analyse the dependability of complex systems: Application to a satellite-based railway system

Reliability Engineering and System Safety

Volumn 133, Issue , 2015, Pages 300-313

  Nguyen, T P Khanh ^a   Beugin, Julie ^a   Marais, Juliette ^a  

^a UNIV LILLE   (France)

Author keywords

Dependability analysis; Dynamic time dependent Fault Tree; GNSS based localisation unit; Monte Carlo simulation; Petri net modelling; Repairable multi state components

Indexed keywords

INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PETRI NETS; RAILROAD TRANSPORTATION; RAILROADS;

DEPENDABILITY ANALYSIS; LOCALISATION; MULTI-STATE COMPONENTS; QUANTITATIVE EVALUATION; RELIABILITY AND AVAILABILITY; SIMULATION PERFORMANCE; SYSTEM COMPONENTS; TIME DEPENDENT;

FAULT TREE ANALYSIS;

EID: 84908439630     PISSN: 09518320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ress.2014.09.019     Document Type: Article

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