Abstract Fault Tree Analysis (FTA) is a well-established and well-understood technique,
widely used for dependability evaluation of a wide range of systems. Although many …

Safety and reliability are rigorously assessed during the design of dependable systems.
Probabilistic risk assessment (PRA) processes are comprehensive, structured and logical …

The operation of technical processes requires increasingly advanced supervision and fault
diagnosis to improve reliability, safety and economy. This paper gives an introduction to the …

The marine community has witnessed a remarkable growth of underwater robotic vehicles
(URVs) for undersea exploration and exploitation in recent decades. Yet, it is critical to …

Fault tree analysis (FTA) is a widely used method for analyzing a system's failure logic and
calculating overall reliability. However, application of conventional FTA has some …

Fault tree analysis (FTA) is a powerful technique that is widely used for evaluating system
safety and reliability. It can be used to assess the effects of combinations of failures on …

During the past decade, coal dust and gas explosions have been the most two serious types
of disasters in China, threatening the lives of miners and causing significant losses in terms …

Approximate reasoning has been a very important source of motivations for the development
of fuzzy sets and possibility theory. It has also been at the origin of some of the most popular …

Fuzzy relation-based models for handling uncertainty (in a non-probabilistic way) in
diagnosis problems have been introduced by Sanchez about 20 years ago, and since then …

This dissertation provides means to deal with uncertainty in complex sensor driven systems
through sensor validation, sensor fusion, and diagnosis. These means include probability …