Quantification of uncertainty in probabilistic safety analysis

This thesis develops methods for quantification and interpretation of uncertainty in probabilistic safety analysis, focussing on fault trees. The output of a fault tree analysis is, usually, the probability of occurrence of an undesirable event (top event) calculated using the failure probabilities...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: El-Shanawany, Ashraf Ben Mamdouh
Other Authors: Walker, Simon
Published: Imperial College London 2016
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Online Access:https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.718440