ABSTRACT
Preface XXIV
Organization XXXI
Acknowledgment XXXV
Introduction XXXVII
VOLUME 1
A code for the simulation of human failure events in nuclear power plants: SIMPROC 3 J. Gil, J. Esperón, L. Gamo, I. Fernández, P. González, J. Moreno, A. Expósito, C. Queral, G. Rodríguez & J. Hortal
A preliminary analysis of the ‘Tlahuac’ incident by applying the MORT technique 11 J.R. Santos-Reyes, S. Olmos-Peña & L.M. Hernández-Simón
Comparing a multi-linear (STEP) and systemic (FRAM) method for accident analysis 19 I.A. Herrera & R. Woltjer
Development of a database for reporting and analysis of near misses in the Italian chemical industry 27 R.V. Gagliardi & G. Astarita
Development of incident report analysis system based on m-SHEL ontology 33 Y. Asada, T. Kanno & K. Furuta
Forklifts overturn incidents and prevention in Taiwan 39 K.Y. Chen, S.-H. Wu & C.-M. Shu
Formal modelling of incidents and accidents as a means for enriching training material for satellite control operations 45 S. Basnyat, P. Palanque, R. Bernhaupt & E. Poupart
Hazard factors analysis in regional traffic records 57 M. Mlynczak & J. Sipa
Organizational analysis of availability: What are the lessons for a high risk industrial company? 63 M. Voirin, S. Pierlot & Y. Dien
Thermal explosion analysis of methyl ethyl ketone peroxide by non-isothermal and isothermal calorimetry application 71 S.H. Wu, J.M. Tseng & C.M. Shu
A mathematical model for risk analysis of disaster chains 79 A. Xuewei Ji, B. Wenguo Weng & Pan Li
Effective learning from emergency responses 83 K. Eriksson & J. Borell
On the constructive role of multi-criteria analysis in complex decision-making: An application in radiological emergency management 89 C. Turcanu, B. Carlé, J. Paridaens & F. Hardeman
Complex, expert based multi-role assessment system for small and medium enterprises 99 S.G. Kovacs & M. Costescu
DETECT: A novel framework for the detection of attacks to critical infrastructures 105 F. Flammini, A. Gaglione, N. Mazzocca & C. Pragliola
Methodology and software platform for multi-layer causal modeling 113 K.M. Groth, C. Wang, D. Zhu & A. Mosleh
SCAIS (Simulation Code System for Integrated Safety Assessment): Current status and applications 121 J.M. Izquierdo, J. Hortal, M. Sánchez, E. Meléndez, R. Herrero, J. Gil, L. Gamo, I. Fernández, J. Esperón, P. González, C. Queral, A. Expósito & G. Rodríguez
Using GIS and multivariate analyses to visualize risk levels and spatial patterns of severe accidents in the energy sector 129 P. Burgherr
Weak signals of potential accidents at ‘‘Seveso’’ establishments 137 P.A. Bragatto, P. Agnello, S. Ansaldi & P. Pittiglio
A dynamic fault classification scheme 147 B. Fechner
Importance factors in dynamic reliability 155 R. Eymard, S. Mercier & M. Roussignol
TSD, a SCAIS suitable variant of the SDTPD 163 J.M. Izquierdo & I. Cañamón
Application of a vapour compression chiller lumped model for fault detection 175 J. Navarro-Esbrí, A. Real, D. Ginestar & S. Martorell
Automatic source code analysis of failure modes causing error propagation 183 S. Sarshar & R. Winther
Development of a prognostic tool to perform reliability analysis 191 M. El-Koujok, R. Gouriveau & N. Zerhouni
Fault detection and diagnosis in monitoring a hot dip galvanizing line using multivariate statistical process control 201 J.C. García-Díaz
Fault identification, diagnosis and compensation of flatness errors in hard turning of tool steels 205 F. Veiga, J. Fernández, E. Viles, M. Arizmendi, A. Gil & M.L. Penalva
From diagnosis to prognosis: A maintenance experience for an electric locomotive 211 O. Borgia, F. De Carlo & M. Tucci
A study on the validity of R-TACOM measure by comparing operator response time data 221 J. Park & W. Jung
An evaluation of the Enhanced Bayesian THERP method using simulator data 227 K. Bladh, J.-E. Holmberg & P. Pyy
Comparing CESA-Q human reliability analysis with evidence from simulator: A first attempt 233 L. Podofillini & B. Reer
Exploratory and confirmatory analysis of the relationship between social norms and safety behavior 243 C. Fugas, S.A. da Silva & J.L. Melià
Functional safety and layer of protection analysis with regard to human factors 249 K.T. Kosmowski
How employees’ use of information technology systems shape reliable operations of large scale technological systems 259 T.K. Andersen, P. Næsje, H. Torvatn & K. Skarholt
Incorporating simulator evidence into HRA: Insights from the data analysis of the international HRA empirical study 267 S. Massaiu, P.Ø. Braarud & M. Hildebrandt
Insights from the ‘‘HRA international empirical study’’: How to link data and HRA with MERMOS 275 H. Pesme, P. Le Bot & P. Meyer
Operators’ response time estimation for a critical task using the fuzzy logic theory 281 M. Konstandinidou, Z. Nivolianitou, G. Simos, C. Kiranoudis & N. Markatos
The concept of organizational supportiveness 291 J. Nicholls, J. Harvey & G. Erdos
The influence of personal variables on changes in driver behaviour 299 S. Heslop, J. Harvey, N. Thorpe & C. Mulley
The key role of expert judgment in CO2 underground storage projects 305 C. Vivalda & L. Jammes
All-hazards risk framework-An architecture model 315 S. Verga
Comparisons and discussion of different integrated risk approaches 323 R. Steen & T. Aven
Management of risk caused by domino effect resulting from design system dysfunctions 331 S. Sperandio, V. Robin & Ph. Girard
On some aspects related to the use of integrated risk analyses for the decision making process, including its use in the non-nuclear applications 341 D. Serbanescu, A.L. Vetere Arellano & A. Colli
On the usage of weather derivatives in Austria-An empirical study 351 M. Bank & R. Wiesner
Precaution in practice? The case of nanomaterial industry 361 H. Kastenholz, A. Helland & M. Siegrist
Risk based maintenance prioritisation 365 G. Birkeland, S. Eisinger & T. Aven
Shifts in environmental health risk governance: An analytical framework 369 H.A.C. Runhaar, J.P. van der Sluijs & P.P.J. Driessen
What does ‘‘safety margin’’ really mean? 379 J. Hortal, R. Mendizábal & F. Pelayo
Accidents, risk analysis and safety management-Different perspective at a Swedish safety authority 391 O. Harrami, M. Strömgren, U. Postgård & R. All
Evaluation of risk and safety issues at the Swedish Rescue Services Agency 399 O. Harrami, U. Postgård & M. Strömgren
Regulation of information security and the impact on top management commitmentA comparative study of the electric power supply sector and the finance sector 407 J.M. Hagen & E. Albrechtsen
The unintended consequences of risk regulation 415 B.H. MacGillivray, R.E. Alcock & J.S. Busby
A hybrid age-based maintenance policy for heterogeneous items 423 P.A. Scarf, C.A.V. Cavalcante, R.W. Dwight & P. Gordon
A stochastic process model for computing the cost of a condition-based maintenance plan 431 J.A.M. van der Weide, M.D. Pandey & J.M. van Noortwijk
A study about influence of uncertain distribution inputs in maintenance optimization 441 R. Mullor, S. Martorell, A. Sánchez & N. Martinez-Alzamora
Aging processes as a primary aspect of predicting reliability and life of aeronautical hardware 449 J. Z˙urek, M. Zieja, G. Kowalczyk & T. Niezgoda
An alternative imperfect preventive maintenance model 455 J. Clavareau & P.E. Labeau
An imperfect preventive maintenance model with dependent failure modes 463 I.T. Castro
Condition-based maintenance approaches for deteriorating system influenced by environmental conditions 469 E. Deloux, B. Castanier & C. Bérenguer
Condition-based maintenance by particle filtering 477 F. Cadini, E. Zio & D. Avram
Corrective maintenance for aging air conditioning systems 483 I. Frenkel, L. Khvatskin & A. Lisnianski
Exact reliability quantification of highly reliable systems with maintenance 489 R. Briš
Genetic algorithm optimization of preventive maintenance scheduling for repairable systems modeled by generalized renewal process 497 P.A.A. Garcia, M.C. Sant’Ana, V.C. Damaso & P.F. Frutuoso e Melo
Maintenance modelling integrating human and material resources 505 S. Martorell, M. Villamizar, A. Sánchez & G. Clemente
Modelling competing risks and opportunistic maintenance with expert judgement 515 T. Bedford & B.M. Alkali
Modelling different types of failure and residual life estimation for condition-based maintenance 523 M.J. Carr & W. Wang
Multi-component systems modeling for quantifying complex maintenance strategies 531 V. Zille, C. Bérenguer, A. Grall, A. Despujols & J. Lonchampt
Multiobjective optimization of redundancy allocation in systems with imperfect repairs via ant colony and discrete event simulation 541 I.D. Lins & E. López Droguett
Non-homogeneous Markov reward model for aging multi-state system under corrective maintenance 551 A. Lisnianski & I. Frenkel
On the modeling of ageing using Weibull models: Case studies 559 P. Praks, H. Fernandez Bacarizo & P.-E. Labeau
On-line condition-based maintenance for systems with several modes of degradation 567 A. Ponchet, M. Fouladirad & A. Grall
Opportunity-based age replacement for a system under two types of failures 575 F.G. Badía & M.D. Berrade
Optimal inspection intervals for maintainable equipment 581 O. Hryniewicz
Optimal periodic inspection of series systems with revealed and unrevealed failures 587 M. Carvalho, E. Nunes & J. Telhada
Optimal periodic inspection/replacement policy for deteriorating systems with explanatory variables 593 X. Zhao, M. Fouladirad, C. Bérenguer & L. Bordes
Optimal replacement policy for components with general failure rates submitted to obsolescence 603 S. Mercier
Optimization of the maintenance function at a company 611 S. Adjabi, K. Adel-Aissanou & M. Azi
Planning and scheduling maintenance resources in a complex system 619 M. Newby & C. Barker
Preventive maintenance planning using prior expert knowledge and multicriteria method PROMETHEE III 627 F.A. Figueiredo, C.A.V. Cavalcante & A.T. de Almeida
Profitability assessment of outsourcing maintenance from the producer (big rotary machine study) 635 P. Fuchs & J. Zajicek
Simulated annealing method for the selective maintenance optimization of multi-mission series-parallel systems 641 A. Khatab, D. Ait-Kadi & A. Artiba
Study on the availability of a k-out-of-N System given limited spares under (m, NG) maintenance policy 649 T. Zhang, H.T. Lei & B. Guo
System value trajectories, maintenance, and its present value 659 K.B. Marais & J.H. Saleh
The maintenance management framework: A practical view to maintenance management 669 A. Crespo Márquez, P. Moreu de León, J.F. Gómez Fernández, C. Parra Márquez & V. González
Workplace occupation and equipment availability and utilization, in the context of maintenance float systems 675 I.S. Lopes, A.F. Leitão & G.A.B. Pereira
Availability and reliability assessment of industrial complex systems: A practical view applied on a bioethanol plant simulation 687 V. González, C. Parra, J.F. Gómez, A. Crespo & P. Moreu de León
Handling dependencies between variables with imprecise probabilistic models 697 S. Destercke & E. Chojnacki
Monte Carlo simulation for investigating the influence of maintenance strategies on the production availability of offshore installations 703 K.P. Chang, D. Chang, T.J. Rhee & E. Zio
Reliability analysis of discrete multi-state systems by means of subset simulation 709 E. Zio & N. Pedroni
The application of Bayesian interpolation in Monte Carlo simulations 717 M. Rajabalinejad, P.H.A.J.M. van Gelder & N. van Erp
Application of virtual reality technologies to improve occupational & industrial safety in industrial processes 727 J. Rubio, B. Rubio, C. Vaquero, N. Galarza, A. Pelaz, J.L. Ipiña, D. Sagasti & L. Jordá
Applying the resilience concept in practice: A case study from the oil and gas industry 733 L. Hansson, I. Andrade Herrera, T. Kongsvik & G. Solberg
Development of an assessment tool to facilitate OHS management based upon the safe place, safe person, safe systems framework 739 A.-M. Makin & C. Winder
Exploring knowledge translation in occupational health using the mental models approach: A case study of machine shops 749 A.-M. Nicol & A.C. Hurrell
Mathematical modelling of risk factors concerning work-related traffic accidents 757 C. Santamaría, G. Rubio, B. García & E. Navarro
New performance indicators for the health and safety domain: A benchmarking use perspective 761 H.V. Neto, P.M. Arezes & S.D. Sousa
Occupational risk management for fall from height 767 O.N. Aneziris, M. Konstandinidou, I.A. Papazoglou, M. Mud, M. Damen, J. Kuiper, H. Baksteen, L.J. Bellamy, J.G. Post & J. Oh
Occupational risk management for vapour/gas explosions 777 I.A. Papazoglou, O.N. Aneziris, M. Konstandinidou, M. Mud, M. Damen, J. Kuiper, A. Bloemhoff, H. Baksteen, L.J. Bellamy, J.G. Post & J. Oh
Occupational risk of an aluminium industry 787 O.N. Aneziris, I.A. Papazoglou & O. Doudakmani
Risk regulation bureaucracies in EU accession states: Drinking water safety in Estonia 797 K. Kangur
Can organisational learning improve safety and resilience during changes? 805 S.O. Johnsen & S. Håbrekke
Consequence analysis as organizational development 813 B. Moltu, A. Jarl Ringstad & G. Guttormsen
Integrated operations and leadership-How virtual cooperation influences leadership practice 821 K. Skarholt, P. Næsje, V. Hepsø & A.S. Bye
Outsourcing maintenance in services providers 829 J.F. Gómez, C. Parra, V. González, A. Crespo & P. Moreu de León
Revising rules and reviving knowledge in the Norwegian railway system 839 H.C. Blakstad, R. Rosness & J. Hovden
Risk Management in systems: Learning to recognize and respond to weak signals 847 E. Guillaume
Author index 853
VOLUME 2
Reliability and safety data collection and analysis
A new step-stress Accelerated Life Testing approach: Step-Down-Stress 863 C. Zhang, Y. Wang, X. Chen & Y. Jiang
Application of a generalized lognormal distribution to engineering data fitting 869 J. Martín & C.J. Pérez
Collection and analysis of reliability data over the whole product lifetime of vehicles 875 T. Leopold & B. Bertsche
Comparison of phase-type distributions with mixed and additive Weibull models 881 M.C. Segovia & C. Guedes Soares
Evaluation methodology of industry equipment functional reliability 891 J. Kamenický
Evaluation of device reliability based on accelerated tests 899 E. Nogueira Díaz, M. Vázquez López & D. Rodríguez Cano
Evaluation, analysis and synthesis of multiple source information: An application to nuclear computer codes 905 S. Destercke & E. Chojnacki
Improving reliability using new processes and methods 913 S.J. Park, S.D. Park & K.T. Jo
Life test applied to Brazilian friction-resistant low alloy-high strength steel rails 919 D.I. De Souza, A. Naked Haddad & D. Rocha Fonseca
Non-homogeneous Poisson Process (NHPP), stochastic model applied to evaluate the economic impact of the failure in the Life Cycle Cost Analysis (LCCA) 929 C. Parra Márquez, A. Crespo Márquez, P. Moreu de León, J. Gómez Fernández & V. González Díaz
Risk trends, indicators and learning rates: A new case study of North sea oil and gas 941 R.B. Duffey & A.B. Skjerve
Robust estimation for an imperfect test and repair model using Gaussian mixtures 949 S.P. Wilson & S. Goyal
Environmental reliability as a requirement for defining environmental impact limits in critical areas 957 E. Calixto & E. Lèbre La Rovere
Hazardous aid? The crowding-out effect of international charity 965 P.A. Raschky & M. Schwindt
Individual risk-taking and external effects-An empirical examination 973 S. Borsky & P.A. Raschky
Licensing a Biofuel plan transforming animal fats 981 J.-F. David
Modelling incident escalation in explosives storage 987 G. Hardman, T. Bedford, J. Quigley & L. Walls
The measurement and management of Deca-BDE-Why the continued certainty of uncertainty? 993 R.E. Alcock, B.H. McGillivray & J.S. Busby
A contribution to accelerated testing implementation 1001 S. Hossein Mohammadian M., D. Aït-Kadi, A. Coulibaly & B. Mutel
A decomposition method to analyze complex fault trees 1009 S. Contini
A quantitative methodology for risk assessment of explosive atmospheres according to the ATEX directive 1019 R. Lisi, M.F. Milazzo & G. Maschio
A risk theory based on hyperbolic parallel curves and risk assessment in time 1027 N. Popoviciu & F. Baicu
Accident occurrence evaluation of phased-mission systems composed of components with multiple failure modes 1035 T. Kohda
Added value in fault tree analyses 1041 T. Norberg, L. Rosén & A. Lindhe
Alarm prioritization at plant design stage-A simplified approach 1049 P. Barbarini, G. Franzoni & E. Kulot
Analysis of possibilities of timing dependencies modeling-Example of logistic support system 1055 J. Magott, T. Nowakowski, P. Skrobanek & S. Werbinska
Applications of supply process reliability model 1065 A. Jodejko & T. Nowakowski
Applying optimization criteria to risk analysis 1073 H. Medina, J. Arnaldos & J. Casal
Chemical risk assessment for inspection teams during CTBT on-site inspections of sites potentially contaminated with industrial chemicals 1081 G. Malich & C. Winder
Comparison of different methodologies to estimate the evacuation radius in the case of a toxic release 1089 M.I. Montoya & E. Planas
Conceptualizing and managing risk networks. New insights for risk management 1097 R.W. Schröder
Developments in fault tree techniques and importance measures 1103 J.K. Vaurio
Dutch registration of risk situations 1113 J.P. van’t Sant, H.J. Manuel & A. van den Berg
Experimental study of jet fires 1119 M. Gómez-Mares, A. Palacios, A. Peiretti, M. Muñoz & J. Casal
Failure mode and effect analysis algorithm for tunneling projects 1125 K. Rezaie, V. Ebrahimipour & S. Shokravi
Fuzzy FMEA: A study case on a discontinuous distillation plant 1129 S.S. Rivera & J.E. Núñez Mc Leod
Risk analysis in extreme environmental conditions for Aconcagua Mountain station 1135 J.E. Núñez Mc Leod & S.S. Rivera
Geographic information system for evaluation of technical condition and residual life of pipelines 1141 P. Yukhymets, R. Spitsa & S. Kobelsky
Inherent safety indices for the design of layout plans 1147 A. Tugnoli, V. Cozzani, F.I. Khan & P.R. Amyotte
Minmax defense strategy for multi-state systems 1157 G. Levitin & K. Hausken
Multicriteria risk assessment for risk ranking of natural gas pipelines 1165 A.J. de M. Brito, C.A.V. Cavalcante, R.J.P. Ferreira & A.T. de Almeida
New insight into PFDavg and PFH 1173 F. Innal, Y. Dutuit, A. Rauzy & J.-P. Signoret
On causes and dependencies of errors in human and organizational barriers against major accidents 1181 J.E. Vinnem
Quantitative risk analysis method for warehouses with packaged hazardous materials 1191 D. Riedstra, G.M.H. Laheij & A.A.C. van Vliet
Ranking the attractiveness of industrial plants to external acts of interference 1199 M. Sabatini, S. Zanelli, S. Ganapini, S. Bonvicini & V. Cozzani
Review and discussion of uncertainty taxonomies used in risk analysis 1207 T.E. Nøkland & T. Aven
Risk analysis in the frame of the ATEX Directive and the preparation of an Explosion Protection Document 1217 A. Pey, G. Suter, M. Glor, P. Lerena & J. Campos
Risk reduction by use of a buffer zone 1223 S.I. Wijnant-Timmerman & T. Wiersma
Safety in engineering practice 1231 Z. Smalko & J. Szpytko
Why ISO 13702 and NFPA 15 standards may lead to unsafe design 1239 S. Medonos & R. Raman
Is there an optimal type for high reliability organization? A study of the UK offshore industry 1251 J.S. Busby, A. Collins & R. Miles
The optimization of system safety: Rationality, insurance, and optimal protection 1259 R.B. Jongejan & J.K. Vrijling
Thermal characteristic analysis of Y type zeolite by differential scanning calorimetry 1267 S.H. Wu, W.P. Weng, C.C. Hsieh & C.M. Shu
Using network methodology to define emergency response team location: The Brazilian refinery case study 1273 E. Calixto, E. Lèbre La Rovere & J. Eustáquio Beraldo
(Mis-)conceptions of safety principles 1283 J.-T. Gayen & H. Schäbe
Climate change in the British press: The role of the visual 1293 N.W. Smith & H. Joffe
Do the people exposed to a technological risk always want more information about it? Some observations on cases of rejection 1301 J. Espluga, J. Farré, J. Gonzalo, T. Horlick-Jones, A. Prades, C. Oltra & J. Navajas
Media coverage, imaginary of risks and technological organizations 1309 F. Fodor & G. Deleuze
Media disaster coverage over time: Methodological issues and results 1317 M. Kuttschreuter & J.M. Gutteling
Risk amplification and zoonosis 1325 D.G. Duckett & J.S. Busby
Risk communication and addressing uncertainties in risk assessments-Presentation of a framework 1335 J. Stian Østrem, H. Thevik, R. Flage & T. Aven
Risk communication for industrial plants and radioactive waste repositories 1341 F. Gugliermetti & G. Guidi
Risk management measurement methodology: Practical procedures and approaches for risk assessment and prediction 1351 R.B. Duffey & J.W. Saull
Risk perception and cultural theory: Criticism and methodological orientation 1357 C. Kermisch & P.-E. Labeau
Standing in the shoes of hazard managers: An experiment on avalanche risk perception 1365 C.M. Rheinberger
The social perception of nuclear fusion: Investigating lay understanding and reasoning about the technology 1371 A. Prades, C. Oltra, J. Navajas, T. Horlick-Jones & J. Espluga
‘‘Us’’ and ‘‘Them’’: The impact of group identity on safety critical behaviour 1377 R.J. Bye, S. Antonsen & K.M. Vikland
Does change challenge safety? Complexity in the civil aviation transport system 1385 S. Høyland & K. Aase
Electromagnetic fields in the industrial enviroment 1395 J. Fernández, A. Quijano, M.L. Soriano & V. Fuster
Electrostatic charges in industrial environments 1401 P. LLovera, A. Quijano, A. Soria & V. Fuster
Empowering operations and maintenance: Safe operations with the ‘‘one directed team’’ organizational model at the Kristin asset 1407 P. Næsje, K. Skarholt, V. Hepsø & A.S. Bye
Leadership and safety climate in the construction industry 1415 J.L. Meliá, M. Becerril, S.A. Silva & K. Mearns
Local management and its impact on safety culture and safety within Norwegian shipping 1423 H.A Oltedal & O.A. Engen
Quantitative analysis of the anatomy and effectiveness of occupational safety culture 1431 P. Trucco, M. De Ambroggi & O. Grande
Safety management and safety culture assessment in Germany 1439 H.P. Berg
The potential for error in communications between engineering designers 1447 J. Harvey, R. Jamieson & K. Pearce
Designing the safety policy of IT system on the example of a chosen company 1455 I.J. Józ´wiak, T. Nowakowski & K. Józ´wiak
Determining and verifying the safety integrity level of the control and protection systems under uncertainty 1463 T. Barnert, K.T. Kosmowski & M. Sliwinski
Drawing up and running a Security Plan in an SME type company-An easy task? 1473 M. Gerbec
Efficient safety management for subcontractor at construction sites 1481 K.S. Son & J.J. Park
Production assurance and reliability management-A new international standard 1489 H. Kortner, K.-E. Haugen & L. Sunde
Risk management model for industrial plants maintenance 1495 N. Napolitano, M. De Minicis, G. Di Gravio & M. Tronci
Some safety aspects on multi-agent and CBTC implementation for subway control systems 1503 F.M. Rachel & P.S. Cugnasca
Assessment of software reliability and the efficiency of corrective actions during the software development process 1513 R. Savic´
ERTMS, deals on wheels? An inquiry into a major railway project 1519 J.A. Stoop, J.H. Baggen, J.M. Vleugel & J.L.M. Vrancken
Guaranteed resource availability in a website 1525 V.P. Koutras & A.N. Platis
Reliability oriented electronic design automation tool 1533 J. Marcos, D. Bóveda, A. Fernández & E. Soto
Reliable software for partitionable networked environments-An experience report 1539 S. Beyer, J.C. García Ortiz, F.D. Muñoz-Escoí, P. Galdámez, L. Froihofer, K.M. Goeschka & J. Osrael
SysML aided functional safety assessment 1547 M. Larisch, A. Hänle, U. Siebold & I. Häring
UML safety requirement specification and verification 1555 A. Hänle & I. Häring
Assessment and monitoring of reliability and robustness of offshore wind energy converters 1567 S. Thöns, M.H. Faber, W. Rücker & R. Rohrmann
Building resilience to natural hazards. Practices and policies on governance and mitigation in the central region of Portugal 1577 J.M. Mendes & A.T. Tavares
Governance of flood risks in The Netherlands: Interdisciplinary research into the role and meaning of risk perception 1585 M.S. de Wit, H. van der Most, J.M. Gutteling & M. Bocˇkarjova
Public intervention for better governance-Does it matter? A study of the ‘‘Leros Strength’’ case 1595 P.H. Lindøe & J.E. Karlsen
Reasoning about safety management policy in everyday terms 1601 T. Horlick-Jones
Using stakeholders’ expertise in EMF and soil contamination to improve the management of public policies dealing with modern risk: When uncertainty is on the agenda 1609 C. Fallon, G. Joris & C. Zwetkoff
Adaptive discretization of 1D homogeneous random fields 1621 D.L. Allaix, V.I. Carbone & G. Mancini
Comparison of methods for estimation of concrete strength 1629 M. Holicky, K. Jung & M. Sykora
Design of structures for accidental design situations 1635 J. Marková & K. Jung
Developing fragility function for a timber structure subjected to fire 1641 E.R. Vaidogas, Virm. Juocevicˇius & Virg. Juocevicˇius
Estimations in the random fatigue-limit model 1651 C.-H. Chiu & W.-T. Huang
Limitations of the Weibull distribution related to predicting the probability of failure initiated by flaws 1655 M.T. Todinov
Simulation techniques of non-gaussian random loadings in structural reliability analysis 1663 Y. Jiang, C. Zhang, X. Chen & J. Tao
Special features of the collection and analysis of snow loads 1671 Z. Sadovský, P. Faško, K. Mikulová, J. Pecho & M. Vojtek
Structural safety under extreme construction loads 1677 V. Juocevicˇius & A. Kudzys
The modeling of time-dependent reliability of deteriorating structures 1685 A. Kudzys & O. Lukoševiciene
Author index 1695
VOLUME 3
System reliability analysis
A copula-based approach for dependability analyses of fault-tolerant systems with interdependent basic events 1705 M. Walter, S. Esch & P. Limbourg
A depth first search algorithm for optimal arrangements in a circular consecutive-k-out-of-n:F system 1715 K. Shingyochi & H. Yamamoto
A joint reliability-redundancy optimization approach for multi-state series-parallel systems 1723 Z. Tian, G. Levitin & M.J. Zuo
A new approach to assess the reliability of a multi-state system with dependent components 1731 M. Samrout & E. Chatelet
A reliability analysis and decision making process for autonomous systems 1739 R. Remenyte-Prescott, J.D. Andrews, P.W.H. Chung & C.G. Downes
Advanced discrete event simulation methods with application to importance measure estimation 1747 A.B. Huseby, K.A. Eide, S.L. Isaksen, B. Natvig & J. Gåsemyr
Algorithmic and computational analysis of a multi-component complex system 1755 J.E. Ruiz-Castro, R. Pérez-Ocón & G. Fernández-Villodre
An efficient reliability computation of generalized multi-state k-out-of-n systems 1763 S.V. Amari
Application of the fault tree analysis for assessment of the power system reliability 1771 A. Volkanovski, M. Cˇepin & B. Mavko
BDMP (Boolean logic driven Markov processes) as an alternative to event trees 1779 M. Bouissou
Bivariate distribution based passive system performance assessment 1787 L. Burgazzi
Calculating steady state reliability indices of multi-state systems using dual number algebra 1795 E. Korczak
Concordance analysis of importance measure 1803 C.M. Rocco S.
