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Systems Reliability Assessment

Proceedings of the Ispra Course held at the Escuela Tecnica Superior de Ingenieros Navales, Madrid, Spain, September 19–23, 1988 in collaboration with Universidad Politecnica de Madrid

  • Conference proceedings
  • © 1990

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Editors:
  1. A. G. Colombo

    1. Commission of the European Communities, Joint Research Centre, Ispra Site, Ispra, Italy

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  2. A. Saiz Bustamante

    1. Escuela Tecnica Superior de Ingenieros Navales, Universidad Politecnica de Madrid, Madrid, Spain

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Part of the book series: Ispra Courses (ISPA, volume 6)

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Table of contents (14 papers)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-viii
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  2. Basic Reliability Methods and Applications

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Stochastic Processes, Markov Chains and Systems Availability

      • A. Saiz de Bustamante
      Pages 3-22

    3. The Monte Carlo Method

      • J. M. Perlado
      Pages 23-43

    4. Availability: A Practical Approach on Aerospace Industry

      • S. Sanz Fernandez de Cordoba
      Pages 45-64

    5. Reliability in Nuclear Power Plant Operations

      • Julio González
      Pages 65-74

  3. Advances on Systems Reliability Techniques

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 75-75
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    2. Advances on Fault Tree and Event Tree Techniques

      • S. Contini, A. Poucet
      Pages 77-102

    3. System Modelling with Petri Nets

      • Andrea Bobbio
      Pages 103-143

    4. Failure Delay Systems Reliability Modelling

      • N. Limnios
      Pages 145-158

    5. The Dylam Approach to Systems Safety Analysis

      • A. Amendola
      Pages 159-182

    6. Dylam-Treta. An Approach to Protection Systems Software Analysis

      • J. M. Izquierdo, M. Sanchez-Perea
      Pages 183-203

  4. Human Reliability and Uncertainty Analysis

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 205-205
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    2. Human Reliability Models

      • A. Amendola
      Pages 207-230

    3. Fixation Errors: Failures to Revise Situation Assessment in Dynamic and Risky Systems

      • V. De Keyser, D. D. Woods
      Pages 231-251

    4. Theories of Mechanical Reasoning Under Uncertainty

      • P. Garbolino
      Pages 253-272

    5. Reliability Parameter Estimation by Combination of Data from Various Sources

      • A. G. Colombo
      Pages 273-283

    6. Uncertainty Modelling in Systems Reliability Analysis

      • C. Guedes Soares
      Pages 285-303

  5. Back Matter

    Pages 305-310
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About this book

This book presents models and methods for systems reliability assessment, human reliability analysis and uncertainty management. It includes fourteen contributions which are grouped into three sections. Section 1 deals with basic reliability methods and applications. The papers by Saiz de Bustamante and Perlado introduce the stochastic processes and the Monte Carlo method, respectively. Sanz Fermandez de Cordoba and Gonzales discuss important practical implications of the use of reliability methods. The former refers to the aerospace industry. The latter considers nuclear power plants. Session 2 presents some advances in systems reliability techniques. The paper by Contini and Poucet illustrates the mathematical analysis of fault trees and event trees. It includes a discussion on the logical analysis of non-coherent fault trees and considerations on the major measures of criticality and importance of a component. The paper by Babbio is devoted to Petri nets. First, the formalism of this relatively new technique is given. Then, stochastic Petri nets are introduced as a tool to describe the behaviour of systems in time. Finally, by some fully developed examples, it is shown how this approach can be used to represent and evaluate complex stochastic systems. Limnios introduces the notion of failure delay systems and gives the lifetime structure for the evaluation of reliability measures. A reservoir is studied as an example of a failure delay system.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Commission of the European Communities, Joint Research Centre, Ispra Site, Ispra, Italy

    A. G. Colombo

  • Escuela Tecnica Superior de Ingenieros Navales, Universidad Politecnica de Madrid, Madrid, Spain

    A. Saiz Bustamante

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Systems Reliability Assessment

  • Book Subtitle: Proceedings of the Ispra Course held at the Escuela Tecnica Superior de Ingenieros Navales, Madrid, Spain, September 19–23, 1988 in collaboration with Universidad Politecnica de Madrid

  • Editors: A. G. Colombo, A. Saiz Bustamante

  • Series Title: Ispra Courses

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-0649-5

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: ECSC, EEC, EAEC, Brussels and Luxembourg 1990

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-7923-0837-9Due: 30 June 1990

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-94-010-6777-5Published: 09 October 2011

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-009-0649-5Published: 06 December 2012

  • Series ISSN: 1016-0485

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: 324

  • Topics: Quality Control, Reliability, Safety and Risk, Environmental Management

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