A ternary decision diagram method to calculate the component contributions to the failure of systems undergoing phased missions

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

Volumn 222, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 173-187

  Andrews, J D ^a  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

binary decision diagrams; fault tree analysis; importance measures; phased mission analysis; ternary decision diagrams

Indexed keywords

EID: 84993767829     PISSN: 1748006X     EISSN: 17480078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1243/1748006XJRR92     Document Type: Article

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