Abstract
This chapter gives an overview of some of the most common reliability and risk analysis methods, including:
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Use of statistics
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Failure mode and effect analysis
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Fault tree analysis
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Cause consequence analysis/event tree analysis
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Coarse risk analysis/Preliminary risk analysis
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Hazard and Operability Studies
We also briefly discuss methods for analysing human reliability.
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Aven, T. (1992). Basic Reliability and Risk Analysis Methods. In: Reliability and Risk Analysis. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-2858-2_2
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