System reliability allocation methodology based on three-dimensional analyses

International Journal of Reliability and Safety

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 360-375

  Yadav, Om Prakash ^a  

^a North Dakota State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Analytic hierarchy process; Criticality; Dependency; Reliability allocation

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC HIERARCHY PROCESS; CRITICALITY (NUCLEAR FISSION); RELIABILITY ANALYSIS; SAFETY FACTOR;

DEPENDENCY; FAILURE MODES AND EFFECTS ANALYSIS; FUNCTIONAL DEPENDENCY; INDIVIDUAL COMPONENTS; MULTI-COMPONENT SYSTEMS; RELIABILITY ALLOCATION; RELIABILITY REQUIREMENTS; THREE-DIMENSIONAL ANALYSIS;

FAILURE ANALYSIS;

EID: 85016087305     PISSN: 1479389X     EISSN: 14793903     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJRS.2007.014969     Document Type: Article

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