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Classification schemes for multiple related failures are reviewed and terminology problems are discussed. It is shown how different classifications have been established to match different objectives, such as to build in defences against multiple failure events, to analyze data, to model dependency structures in reliability assessments, etc. Therefore, even in the lack of a unified terminology, no ambiguity should affect a reliability assessment as far as the treatment of dependency structures is concerned.
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Amendola, A. (1989). Classification of Multiple Related Failures. In: Amendola, A. (eds) Advanced Seminar on Common Cause Failure Analysis in Probabilistic Safety Assessment. ISPRA Courses on Reliability and Risk Analysis, vol 5. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-0629-2_3
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