Common-cause failure analysis in event assessment

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

Volumn 222, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 521-532

  Rasmuson, D M ^a   Kelly, D L ^b  

^a U S NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION   (United States)

^b IDAHO NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

alpha factor model; basic parameter model; common cause failure; conditional probability; dependent failure; event assessment; probabilistic risk assessment

Indexed keywords

EID: 84990317327     PISSN: 1748006X     EISSN: 17480078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1243/1748006XJRR121     Document Type: Article

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