Probabilistic Risk Assessment and Management for Engineers and Scientists - Hardcover

Kumamoto, Hiromitsu; Henley, Ernest J.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0780310047 ISBN 13: 9780780310049

Publisher: I.E.E.E.Press, 1995

Synopsis

Completely updated and revised, this modern, computer-based text. helps develop synthesis and analysis methods for risk and reliability studies from fundamental principles, and apply them to realistic industrial-level problems. The full treatment of qualitative analysis methods includes: fault trees, FMEA, event trees, decision labels, cause-consequence charts and common-mode failures. In addition, quantitative system analysis techniques - kinetic tree theory, cut set and prime implicant analysis and Markov and Monte Carlo methods - are thoroughly covered and developed.

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From the Back Cover

Electrical Engineering Probabilistic Risk Assessment and Management for Engineers and Scientists Second Edition "State of the art in risk analysis...[this book] projects the technology into the next decade. Congratulations to the authors on a virtuoso performance." –Charles Donaghey, University of Houston "A very useful reference to the academic and government communities, and junior engineering staff within nuclear, chemical, transportation, aerospace, and other industries." –Yovan Lukic, Arizona Public Service Company As the demands of government agencies and insurance companies escalate, societal risk assessment and management become increasingly critical to the development and use of engineered systems in the full range of industrial installations. Packed with real–world examples and practical mathematical and statistical methods for large, complex systems, this definitive text and sourcebook gives you the guidance you need for thorough and conclusive study. You′ll find new and updated coverage of all the key topics related to risk analysis:
∗ Probabilistic nature of risk
∗ Qualitative and quantitative risk assessments
∗ System decomposition
∗ Legal and regulatory risks
∗ And much more!
The authors also provide end–of–chapter problems and a course outline. Complete with a new, automated, fault tree synthesis method using semantic networks. Probabilistic Risk Assessment and Management for Engineers and Scientists, Second Edition will be of value to anyone working with engineered systems. Also of Interest from IEEE Press... Successful Patents and Patenting for Engineers and Scientists edited by Michael A. Lechter, Esq. 1995 Softcover 432 pp IEEE Order No. PP4478 ISBN 0–7803–1086–1 Metric Units and Conversion Charts A Metrication Handbook for Engineers, Technologists, and Scientists Second Edition Theodore Wildi 1995 Softcover 144 pp IEEE Order No. PP4044 ISBN 0–7803–1050–0 The Probability Tutoring Book An Intuitive Course for Engineers and Scientists (And Everyone Else!) Carol Ash 1993 Softcover 480 pp IEEE Order No. PP2881 ISBN 0–7803–1051–9

Edition details

• Publisher: I.E.E.E.Press
• Publication date: 1995
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0780310047
• ISBN 13: 9780780310049
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 592