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Probabilistic Risk Assessment

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Risk-Based Engineering

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Probabilistic methods in the general probabilistic risk assessment (PRA) framework are at the core of integrated risk-based engineering and risk-based decisions. The probabilistic tools and methods are discussed in Chaps. 3 and 4 in this book. This chapter is dedicated to PRA, which is the analytical technique used for quantitative evaluation of risk for a complex scenario. This technique is also commonly referred to as probabilistic safety assessment (PRA). These two terms are used interchangeably among safety practitioners, but there is no distinction between them.

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    Prabhakar V. Varde

  2. Center for Advanced Life Cycle Engineering, University of Maryland, College Park, MA, USA

    Michael G. Pecht

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Varde, P.V., Pecht, M.G. (2018). Probabilistic Risk Assessment. In: Risk-Based Engineering. Springer Series in Reliability Engineering. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-0090-5_6

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