Reliability Engineering and System Safety

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Volume 95, issue 12, 2010

Comparing a multi-linear (STEP) and systemic (FRAM) method for accident analysis pp. 1269-1275

I.A. Herrera and R. Woltjer

Hybrid causal methodology and software platform for probabilistic risk assessment and safety monitoring of socio-technical systems pp. 1276-1285

Katrina Groth, Chengdong Wang and Ali Mosleh

Exact reliability quantification of highly reliable systems with maintenance pp. 1286-1292

Briš, Radim

Maintenance modeling and optimization integrating human and material resources pp. 1293-1299

S. Martorell, M. Villamizar, S. Carlos and Sánchez, A.

An optimized Line Sampling method for the estimation of the failure probability of nuclear passive systems pp. 1300-1313

E. Zio and N. Pedroni

A reduction approach to improve the quantification of linked fault trees through binary decision diagrams pp. 1314-1323

Ibáñez-Llano, Cristina, Antoine Rauzy, Meléndez, Enrique and Francisco Nieto

Quantification of risk to company’s incomes due to failures in food quality pp. 1324-1334

Doménech, E., I. Escriche and S. Martorell

An approach for modelling interdependent infrastructures in the context of vulnerability analysis pp. 1335-1344

Jonas Johansson and Henrik Hassel

Unavailability of critical SCADA communication links interconnecting a power grid and a Telco network pp. 1345-1357

A. Bobbio, G. Bonanni, E. Ciancamerla, R. Clemente, A. Iacomini, M. Minichino, A. Scarlatti, R. Terruggia and E. Zendri

Application of Bayesian networks for risk analysis of MV air insulated switch operation pp. 1358-1366

Nordgård, D.E. and K. Sand

Volume 95, issue 11, 2010

Highlights from the literature on accident causation and system safety: Review of major ideas, recent contributions, and challenges pp. 1105-1116

J.H. Saleh, K.B. Marais, E. Bakolas and R.V. Cowlagi

The concept of ignorance in a risk assessment and risk management context pp. 1117-1122

T. Aven and R. Steen

A general approach for the estimation of loss of life due to natural and technological disasters pp. 1123-1133

S.N. Jonkman, A. Lentz and J.K. Vrijling

Modelling and forecasting occupational accidents of different severity levels in Spain pp. 1134-1141

Carmen Carnero, María and José Pedregal, Diego

Analysis of root causes of major hazard precursors (hydrocarbon leaks) in the Norwegian offshore petroleum industry pp. 1142-1153

Jan Erik Vinnem, Jon Andreas Hestad, Kvaløy, Jan Terje and Jon Espen Skogdalen

A reliability analysis of a natural-gas pressure-regulating installation pp. 1154-1163

Marko Gerbec

Dependability analysis of a very large volume neutrino telescope pp. 1164-1173

Ioannis A. Papazoglou and Eftychia C. Marcoulaki

Reliability assessment of complex mechatronic systems using a modified nonparametric belief propagation algorithm pp. 1174-1185

X. Zhong, M. Ichchou and A. Saidi

Forecasting model for pedestrian distribution under emergency evacuation pp. 1186-1192

Xiaoping Zheng and Mengting Liu

An aggregation method for performance evaluation of a tandem homogenous production line with machines having multiple failure modes pp. 1193-1201

Ahmed-Tidjani Belmansour and Mustapha Nourelfath

Reliability modeling of networked control systems using dynamic flowgraph methodology pp. 1202-1209

Ahmad W. Al-Dabbagh and Lixuan Lu

Combinatorial analysis of systems with competing failures subject to failure isolation and propagation effects pp. 1210-1215

Liudong Xing and Gregory Levitin

Efficient computation of global sensitivity indices using sparse polynomial chaos expansions pp. 1216-1229

Blatman, Géraud and Bruno Sudret

A bridge network maintenance framework for Pareto optimization of stakeholders/users costs pp. 1230-1243

Orcesi, André D. and Christian F. Cremona

Assessment of a maintenance model for a multi-deteriorating mode system pp. 1244-1254

Ponchet, Amélie, Mitra Fouladirad and Antoine Grall

A two-stage preventive maintenance policy for a multi-state deterioration system pp. 1255-1260

Chun-Chen Huang and John Yuan

On the validation of risk analysis—A commentary pp. 1261-1265

Tony Rosqvist

Volume 95, issue 10, 2010

Probabilistic risk assessment modeling of digital instrumentation and control systems using two dynamic methodologies pp. 1011-1039

T. Aldemir, S. Guarro, D. Mandelli, J. Kirschenbaum, L.A. Mangan, P. Bucci, M. Yau, E. Ekici, D.W. Miller, X. Sun and S.A. Arndt

Testing a tri-partite contingent model of engineering cultures: A pilot study pp. 1040-1049

Glen D. Murphy

Bayesian Monte Carlo method pp. 1050-1060

M. Rajabalinejad

Application of physical failure models to enable usage and load based maintenance pp. 1061-1075

Tiedo Tinga

Hybrid approach for the assessment of PSA models by means of binary decision diagrams pp. 1076-1092

Ibáñez-Llano, Cristina, Antoine Rauzy, Meléndez, Enrique and Francisco Nieto

Estimating reliability characteristics in the presence of censored data: A case study in a light commercial vehicle manufacturing system pp. 1093-1102

A. Regattieri, R. Manzini and D. Battini

Volume 95, issue 9, 2010

Use of risk measures in design and licensing of future reactors pp. 935-943

Kamiar Jamali

Periodic inspection optimization model for a complex repairable system pp. 944-952

Sharareh Taghipour, Dragan Banjevic and Andrew K.S. Jardine

Statistical analysis of competing risks models pp. 953-962

Ammar M. Sarhan, David C. Hamilton and B. Smith

A simple approximation for the renewal function with an increasing failure rate pp. 963-969

R. Jiang

A decision-making framework for protecting process plants from flooding based on fault tree analysis pp. 970-980

Ulrich Hauptmanns

Discrete competing risk model with application to modeling bus-motor failure data pp. 981-988

R. Jiang

A predictive maintenance policy with imperfect monitoring pp. 989-997

Curcurù, Giuseppe, Giacomo Galante and Alberto Lombardo

Accelerated uncertainty propagation in two-level probabilistic studies under monotony pp. 998-1010

Philipp Limbourg, Etienne de Rocquigny and Guennadi Andrianov

Volume 95, issue 8, 2010

Is ALARP applicable to the management of terrorist risks? pp. 823-827

S.D. Guikema and T. Aven

Safety margins confidence estimation for a passive residual heat removal system pp. 828-836

Enrico Zio, Francesco Di Maio and Jiejuan Tong

An approach for prediction of petroleum production facility performance considering Arctic influence factors pp. 837-846

Xueli Gao, Javad Barabady and Tore Markeset

An integrated framework including distinct algorithms for optimization of offshore towers under uncertainties pp. 847-858

Vedat ToÄŸan, Halil Karadeniz and AyÅŸe T. DaloÄŸlu

Monte Carlo-based assessment of the safety performance of a radioactive waste repository pp. 859-865

F. Cadini, J. De Sanctis, T. Girotti, E. Zio, A. Luce and A. Taglioni

Reliability concepts applied to cutting tool change time pp. 866-873

Patiño Rodriguez, Carmen Elena and Gilberto Francisco Martha de Souza

On terminating Poisson processes in some shock models pp. 874-879

Maxim Finkelstein and Francois Marais

Optimal design of a general warm standby system pp. 880-886

Won Young Yun and Ji Hwan Cha

Bi and tri-objective optimization in the deterministic network interdiction problem pp. 887-896

Claudio M. Rocco S., Emmanuel Ramirez-Marquez, José and Daniel E. Salazar A.

Design stage confirmation of lifetime improvement for newly modified products through accelerated life testing pp. 897-905

S. Hossein Mohammadian and Aït-Kadi, Daoud

A summary of periodic and random inspection policies pp. 906-911

T. Nakagawa, S. Mizutani and M. Chen

A multi-component and multi-failure mode inspection model based on the delay time concept pp. 912-920

Wenbin Wang, Dragan Banjevic and Michael Pecht

Condition-based inspection/replacement policies for non-monotone deteriorating systems with environmental covariates pp. 921-934

Xuejing Zhao, Mitra Fouladirad, Bérenguer, Christophe and Laurent Bordes

Volume 95, issue 7, 2010

Extension of ISA TR84.00.02 PFD equations to KooN architectures pp. 707-715

Luiz Fernando Oliveira and Rafael Nelson Abramovitch

Effect of matrix cracking and material uncertainty on composite plates pp. 716-728

P. Gayathri, K. Umesh and R. Ganguli

Quantitative and qualitative analysis of the expert and non-expert opinion in fire risk in buildings pp. 729-741

D.M. Hanea, H.M. Jagtman, L.L.M.M. van Alphen and B.J.M. Ale

A methodology for product reliability enhancement via saturated–unreplicated fractional factorial designs pp. 742-749

George J. Besseris

Selecting numerical scales for pairwise comparisons pp. 750-763

Michael A. Elliott

Cross-classified hierarchical Bayesian models for risk-based analysis of complex systems under sparse data pp. 764-776

Zhenyu Yan and Yacov Y. Haimes

A Bayesian approach for quantification of model uncertainty pp. 777-785

Inseok Park, Hemanth K. Amarchinta and Ramana V. Grandhi

Development of an optimized condition-based maintenance system by data fusion and reliability-centered maintenance pp. 786-796

Gang Niu, Bo-Suk Yang and Michael Pecht

A framework for evaluating the effects of maintenance-related human errors in nuclear power plants pp. 797-805

Gyunyoung Heo and Jinkyun Park

The development and application of dynamic operational risk assessment in oil/gas and chemical process industry pp. 806-815

Xiaole Yang and M. Sam Mannan

System maintenance cost dependent on life cycle under renewing warranty policy pp. 816-821

Ki Mun Jung, Minjae Park and Dong Ho Park

Volume 95, issue 6, 2010

Issues in benchmarking human reliability analysis methods: A literature review pp. 591-605

Ronald L. Boring, Stacey M.L. Hendrickson, John A. Forester, Tuan Q. Tran and Erasmia Lois

Application of Petri nets to reliability prediction of occupant safety systems with partial detection and repair pp. 606-613

Andre Kleyner and Vitali Volovoi

Performance assessment of multi-state systems with critical failure modes: Application to the flotation metallic arsenic circuit pp. 614-622

Seraphin C. Abou

On how to define, understand and describe risk pp. 623-631

Terje Aven

Uncertainty quantification in simulations of power systems: Multi-element polynomial chaos methods pp. 632-646

P. Prempraneerach, F.S. Hover, M.S. Triantafyllou and G.E. Karniadakis

A neural network applied to estimate Burr XII distribution parameters pp. 647-654

B. Abbasi, S.Z. Hosseinifard and D.W. Coit

Reliability and performance of multi-state systems with propagated failures having selective effect pp. 655-661

Gregory Levitin and Liudong Xing

Risk analysis and risk acceptance criteria in the planning processes of hazardous facilities—A case of an LNG plant in an urban area pp. 662-670

Jan Erik Vinnem

A generic data-driven software reliability model with model mining technique pp. 671-678

Bo Yang, Xiang Li, Min Xie and Feng Tan

Defending simple series and parallel systems with imperfect false targets pp. 679-688

R. Peng, G. Levitin, M. Xie and S.H. Ng

On the link between risk perspectives and risk regulation—A comparison between two cases concerning base stations and wireless networks pp. 689-697

Fjæran Nygaard, L. and T. Aven

Time series methods applied to failure prediction and detection pp. 698-703

García, Fausto P., Diego J. Pedregal and Clive Roberts

“Failure limited†data and TTT-based trend tests in multiple repairable systems pp. 704-706

C. Caroni

Volume 95, issue 5, 2010

Deterministic and risk-informed approaches for safety analysis of advanced reactors: Part I, deterministic approaches pp. 451-458

Sang Kyu Ahn, Inn Seock Kim and Kyu Myung Oh

Deterministic and risk-informed approaches for safety analysis of advanced reactors: Part II, Risk-informed approaches pp. 459-468

Inn Seock Kim, Sang Kyu Ahn and Kyu Myung Oh

Analysis of the crash of TK 1951 using CATS pp. 469-477

B.J.M. Ale, L.J. Bellamy, J. Cooper, D. Ababei, D. Kurowicka, O. Morales and J. Spouge

Assessing risk from intelligent attacks: A perspective on approaches pp. 478-483

Seth D. Guikema and Terje Aven

A methodological approach for statistical evaluation of aircraft infrared signature pp. 484-493

Sidonie Lefebvre, Antoine Roblin, Suzanne Varet and Durand, Gérard

Reliability based inspection of nickel-based alloy welds in boiling water reactor environment pp. 494-498

Mohamed Khalifa, Faisal Khan and Mahmoud Haddara

On buffered failure probability in design and optimization of structures pp. 499-510

R.T. Rockafellar and J.O. Royset

Safety culture and safety management aboard tankers pp. 511-519

HÃ¥vold, Jon Ivar

Redundancy of structural systems with and without maintenance: An approach based on lifetime functions pp. 520-533

Nader M. Okasha and Dan M. Frangopol

Dynamic safety assessment: Scenario identification via a possibilistic clustering approach pp. 534-549

L. Podofillini, E. Zio, D. Mercurio and V.N. Dang

Uncertainty analysis using evidence theory – confronting level-1 and level-2 approaches with data availability and computational constraints pp. 550-564

Philipp Limbourg and Etienne de Rocquigny

Influence of attacker's target recognition ability on defense strategy in homogeneous parallel systems pp. 565-572

Gregory Levitin and Kjell Hausken

Probability modelling of vessel collisions pp. 573-589

Jakub Montewka, Tomasz Hinz, Pentti Kujala and Jerzy Matusiak

Volume 95, issue 4, 2010

Beyond reliability, multi-state failure analysis of satellite subsystems: A statistical approach pp. 311-322

Jean-Francois Castet and Joseph H. Saleh

Performance assessment of topologically diverse power systems subjected to hurricane events pp. 323-336

James Winkler, Dueñas-Osorio, Leonardo, Robert Stein and Devika Subramanian

Estimating cellular network performance during hurricanes pp. 337-344

Graham Booker, Jacob Torres, Seth Guikema, Alex Sprintson and Kelly Brumbelow

State-based modeling of continuous human-integrated systems: An application to air traffic separation assurance pp. 345-353

Steven J. Landry, Amit Lagu and Jouko Kinnari

An effective algorithm for computing global sensitivity indices (EASI) pp. 354-360

Elmar Plischke

Probability-informed testing for reliability assurance through Bayesian hypothesis methods pp. 361-368

Curtis Smith, Dana Kelly and Homayoon Dezfuli

Fault diagnosis for discrete event systems: Modelling and verification pp. 369-378

Zineb Simeu-Abazi, Maria Di Mascolo and Michal Knotek

Randomized flow model and centrality measure for electrical power transmission network analysis pp. 379-385

Enrico Zio and Roberta Piccinelli

Comparison of bootstrapped artificial neural networks and quadratic response surfaces for the estimation of the functional failure probability of a thermal–hydraulic passive system pp. 386-395

N. Pedroni, E. Zio and G.E. Apostolakis

Approximation algorithm for evaluating time-to-failure distribution of k-out-of-n system with shared standby elements pp. 396-401

Gregory Levitin and Suprasad V. Amari

A multi-state reliability evaluation model for P2P networks pp. 402-411

Hehong Fan and Xiaohan Sun

Improved reliability modeling using Bayesian networks and dynamic discretization pp. 412-425

David Marquez, Martin Neil and Norman Fenton

Investigating the relationship between ammunition stockpile information and subsequent performance pp. 426-430

Chan Sik Jung and So Young Sohn

Reliability study of complex physical systems using SysML pp. 431-450

Pierre David, Vincent Idasiak and Kratz, Frédéric

Volume 95, issue 3, 2010

Replacement and inspection policies for products with random life cycle pp. 161-165

Won Young Yun and Toshio Nakagawa

Coupling CFAST fire modeling and SAPHIRE probabilistic assessment software for internal fire safety evaluation of a typical TRIGA research reactor pp. 166-172

Saiedeh Safaei Arshi, Mohammadreza Nematollahi and Kamran Sepanloo

Optimal expansion of an existing electrical power transmission network by multi-objective genetic algorithms pp. 173-181

F. Cadini, E. Zio and C.A. Petrescu

Development of a two-stage inspection process for the assessment of deteriorating infrastructure pp. 182-194

Emma Sheils, O’Connor, Alan, Denys Breysse, Franck Schoefs and Sylvie Yotte

Some reflections on uncertainty analysis and management pp. 195-201

Terje Aven

Heterogeneous redundancy optimization for multi-state series–parallel systems subject to common cause failures pp. 202-207

Chun-yang Li, Xun Chen, Xiao-shan Yi and Jun-yong Tao

Optimization of alarm threshold and sequential inspection scheme pp. 208-215

R. Jiang

Using functional analysis to determine the requirements for changes to critical systems: Railway level crossing case study pp. 216-225

Joe Silmon and Clive Roberts

An efficient phased mission reliability analysis for autonomous vehicles pp. 226-235

R. Remenyte-Prescott, J.D. Andrews and P.W.H. Chung

Discounted cost model for condition-based maintenance optimization pp. 236-246

J.A.M. van der Weide, M.D. Pandey and Jan van Noortwijk

RESTART simulation of non-Markov consecutive-k-out-of-n: F repairable systems pp. 247-254

Villén-Altamirano, José

An evolutionary algorithm for port-of-entry security optimization considering sensor thresholds pp. 255-266

Ana Lisbeth Concho and Jose Emmanuel Ramirez-Marquez

The use of Bayesian network modelling for maintenance planning in a manufacturing industry pp. 267-277

B. Jones, I. Jenkinson, Z. Yang and J. Wang

Development of a code-agnostic computational infrastructure for the dynamic generation of accident progression event trees pp. 278-294

Umit Catalyurek, Benjamin Rutt, Kyle Metzroth, Aram Hakobyan, Tunc Aldemir, Richard Denning, Sean Dunagan and David Kunsman

Single versus mixture Weibull distributions for nonparametric satellite reliability pp. 295-300

Jean-Francois Castet and Joseph H. Saleh

Self-validated variance-based methods for sensitivity analysis of model outputs pp. 301-309

Charles Tong

Volume 95, issue 2, 2010

Performance evaluation of multi-state degraded systems with minimal repairs and imperfect preventive maintenance pp. 65-69

Isaac W. Soro, Mustapha Nourelfath and Aït-Kadi, Daoud

Bayes geometric scaling model for common cause failure rates pp. 70-76

Athena Zitrou, Tim Bedford and Lesley Walls

Methodology for the use of experimental data to enhance model output uncertainty assessment in thermal hydraulics codes pp. 77-86

Mohammad Pourgol-Mohamad, Ali Mosleh and Mohammad Modarres

Development and evaluation of a computer-aided system for analyzing human error in railway operations pp. 87-98

Dong San Kim, Dong Hyun Baek and Wan Chul Yoon

Ideas and developments in importance measures and fault-tree techniques for reliability and risk analysis pp. 99-107

Jussi K. Vaurio

Impact of few failure data on the opportunistic replacement policy for multi-component systems pp. 108-119

Radouane Laggoune, Alaa Chateauneuf and Djamil Aissani

Some improvements on adaptive genetic algorithms for reliability-related applications pp. 120-126

Zhisheng Ye, Zhizhong Li and Min Xie

On the use of uncertainty importance measures in reliability and risk analysis pp. 127-133

T. Aven and Nøkland, T.E.

Regression analysis of the structure function for reliability evaluation of continuous-state system pp. 134-142

Gámiz, M.L. and Martínez Miranda, M.D.

On incentives for assurance of petroleum supply pp. 143-148

Petter Osmundsen, Terje Aven and Asgeir Tomasgard

Quantitative accelerated degradation testing: Practical approaches pp. 149-159

S. Hossein Mohammadian, Aït-Kadi, Daoud and Routhier, François

Volume 95, issue 1, 2010

A game-theoretical approach for reciprocal security-related prevention investment decisions pp. 1-9

Genserik Reniers and Karel Soudan

Fault-tolerant automobile steering based on diversity of steer-by-wire, braking and acceleration pp. 10-17

Ryouhei Hayama, Masayasu Higashi, Sadahiro Kawahara, Shirou Nakano and Hiromitsu Kumamoto

Cell broadcast trials in The Netherlands: Using mobile phone technology for citizens’ alarming pp. 18-28

H.M. Jagtman

Defense and attack of complex and dependent systems pp. 29-42

Kjell Hausken

Comparing risk of failure models in water supply networks using ROC curves pp. 43-48

Debón, A., Carrión, A., E. Cabrera and H. Solano

A data-driven fuzzy approach for predicting the remaining useful life in dynamic failure scenarios of a nuclear system pp. 49-57

Enrico Zio and Francesco Di Maio

An approach to maintenance optimization where safety issues are important pp. 58-63

Vatn, Jørn and Terje Aven