1st Edition

Advances in Safety and Reliability - ESREL 2005, Two Volume Set Proceedings of the European Safety and Reliability Conference, ESREL 2005, Tri City (Gdynia-Sopot-Gdansk), Poland, 27-30 June 2005

    2204 Pages
    by CRC Press

    Advances in Safety and Reliability considers issues relating to the establishment, management and assurance of safety and reliability in human-technology-environment interactions of modern society. This volume includes scientific and technical papers on safety and reliability, as well as methods for the assessment and management of risks. Set in a wide range of industrial, societal and governmental sectors, the book presents topical aspects of safety, reliability and risk in the design, production and operation of industrial products, systems and infrastructures. The analysis includes technical, human and organizational criteria.  Integral demonstrations of the use of risk analysis and reliability assessment are provided in a variety of practical applications; these include major technological systems and infrastructures, ranging from chemical and nuclear installations, through aviation and aerospace, road and rail transport, to civil and structural systems. Advances in Safety and Reliability is of interest to industrialists, regulators, managers, investors, decision makers, universities, research organisations and government bodies, and everyone involved in safety, reliability and risk understanding, assessment, management and communication.

    Dynamic safety margin in fault diagnosis and isolation

    M. Abdel-Geliel & E. Badreddin

    On the use of bubble diagrams in project risk management, with application to safety

    E.B. Abrahamsen & T. Aven

    Evaluation of cost-benefit analyses for analyzing safety and safety measures in investment projects

    E.B. Abrahamsen, F. Asche & T. Aven

    Probabilistic model checking for dependability properties of stochastic systems

    N. Addouche, C. Antoine & J. Montmain

    An improved 3- neighborhood heuristic algorithm for constrained reliability optimization

    M. Agarwal & S. Aggarwal

    Maintenance optimization of the RP10 shutdown safety system

    A.H. Aguirre & G.S. Lazaro

    Development of a causal model for air transport safety

    B.J.M. Ale, L.J. Bellamy, R.M. Cooke, L.H.J. Goossens, A.R. Hale, D. Kurowicka,

    A.L.C. Roelen & E. Smith

    A geostatistic approach to the Functional Analysis Space Technique: a case of study.

    G. Alfaro Degan, D. Lippiello & M.Pinzari

    Experts information estimation and application using Bayesian and fuzzy inference

    R. Alzbutas

    Integration of analytical and Monte Carlo methods for dynamic system safety analysis

    R. Alzbutas & V. Janilionis

    Testing interval investigation using Bayesian approach

    R. Alzbutas, J. Augutis, V. Matuzas & I. Zutautaite

    Analysis of accident scenarios of RoPax vessels

    P. Antão & C. Guedes Soares

    Application of the Formal Safety Assessment to the reduction of turn around time in the high speed craft terminal of the port of Nice

    P. Antão, C. Guedes Soares, M. Fracchia & F. Capoulade

    Keynote lecture: Foundational issues in risk analysis

    T. Aven

    Perspectives on risk acceptance criteria and management for offshore installations – application to a development project

    T. Aven, J.E. Vinnem & F. Vollen

    An introduction to the assessment of reliability of the heat supply systems

    B. Babiarz

    Optimum maintenance of systems under two types of failure

    F.G Badía & M.D. Berrade

    Diagnostic discriminators of crack in large power turbo-set’s rotating shaft

    S. Banaszek

    A population-based algorithm for the hazardous materials routing problem

    D. Barbucha

    Ways of perfection of hazardous goods’ transportation technology

    N. Batarliene

    Statistical probability assessment of the technological transportation process

    A. Baublys

    Keynote lecture: Multi-attribute utility theory and FN-critera.

    T. Bedford

    Improved Parameter Estimation for the Process Oriented Simulation (POS) Model for Common Cause Failures

    H.-P. Berg, R. Görtz & E. Schimetschka

    Multicriterial optimization of semi-Markov processes with discount

    K.P. Bernaciak

    Application of the ARAMIS Methodology to Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises

    A. Bernatik, R. Bris & S. Horehledova

    Multi-attribute approaches for maintenance policies selection problem

    M. Bertolini, E. Bottani & M. Bevilacqua

    A SIL quantification approach to complex systems for guided transportation

    J. Beugin, D. Renaux & L. Cauffriez

    Reliability analysis of large systems with dependent components

    A. Blokus

    Reliability and availability evaluation of large renewal systems

    A. Blokus

    Stochastic and functional analysis of a public mobile network in a safety critical context

    A. Bobbio, E. Ciancamerla, M. Minichino & E. Tronci

    Probabilistic approach to risk analysis of chemical spills at sea

    M. Bogalecka & K. Kolowrocki

    Sharing experience on risk management to design future industrial systems : shape-risk, an European co-ordination action

    Ch. Bolvin & O. Salvi

    The neural methods in expert judgment processing

    A. Brandowski, W. Frackowiak & H. Nguyen

    One computation algorithm for multiobjective maintenance optimization

    R. Briš

    Maintenance optimization of a common simple distribution system

    R. Briš, S. Rusek & R. Gono

    Analysis of causes of crude oil tankers’ disasters

    H. Buglacki & P. Gande-Milewska

    Preliminary reliability and availability estimates of an accelerator for an ADS system

    L. Burgazzi

    Co-narrative training as a method of safety education

    R. Bye & A. Solem

    Organizational culture and risk perception

    R. Bye & G.M. Lamvik

    Time redundancy in a transportation logistics system

    D. Caban & H. Maciejewski

    Working towards an integrated approach for analyzing risks in process plants

    J.Cambon, E. Garbolino & F.Guarnieri

    Optimization of the maintenance decision for a pipeline in oil production

    B. Castanier & M. Rausand

    Development of risk criteria in nuclear power plants

    M. Cepin

    A stochastic approach to burn-in procedures in accelerated environment

    J. H. Cha & M. H. Na

    On the use of risk analysis in maritime certification and classification

    G. Chantelauve

    DP incidents on mobile offshore drilling units on the Norwegian Continental Shelf

    H. Chen & T. Moan

    The optimal preventive maintenance model with degradation rate reduction for the repairable systems

    C.-Y. Cheng

    Statistical estimation on imperfectly maintained system

    C.-Y. Cheng & C.-F. Liaw

    A proposal for a model to predict the effects of organizational change on safety: application in a maintenance establishment of SNCF

    O. Chery, E. Fadier & S. Duriez

    A branch and bound approximation algorithm for terminal-pair reliability

    Chin-Chia Jane

    Human factor threat to safety of railway carriages in gravitation marshalling systems

    S. J. Cieslakowski

    Risk based evaluation of space exploration architectures

    W.M. Cirillo, J.F. Letchworth, B.F. Putney, J.R. Fragola, E.Y. Lim & C. Stromgren

    Reliability forecast of automotive systems based on soft computing techniques

    P. Citti, M. Delogu, V. Fontana & M. Ammaturo

    Solving dynamic reliability problems by means of ordinary and fluid stochastic petri nets

    D. Codetta-Raiteri & A. Bobbio

    Solution of stochastic multi-objective system reliability design problems using genetic algorithms

    D. W. Coit & F. Baheranwala

    On the need of exact probabilistic quantification in FT/ET analysis

    G.G.M. Cojazzi, S. Contini & G. Renda

    Partial safety factor for historical masonry arch bridges

    M. Curbach & D. Proske

    Active safety in operation of electric locomotives

    M. Cygan

    Innovations in power network enterprises increasing effectiveness of the processes ensuring continuity and quality of electric energy supplies

    G. Dabrowska-Kauf

    Comparison of parametric and nonparametric estimations of lifetime distributions from incomplete warranty data

    M. Delonga & B. Bertsche

    Self-controlled local search heuristic for the design of communication networks

    B. Dengiz & C. Alabas-Uslu

    Providing Guidance in a Non Prescriptive Environment

    R. Denning

    New Ways of Applying the Petri Net Formalism in Risk Analysis

    M. Diergardt & R. Mock

    Applying the Taylor approach for reliability estimation of drills

    C. Dietl

    Reliability-adaptive tool change management of transfer lines

    C. Dietl & U. K. Rakowsky

    Simultaneous assessment of the efficiency of preventive and corrective maintenance for repairable systems in a competing risk framework

    Y. Dijoux, L. Doyen & O. Gaudoin

    A fuzzy analysis on repairable system via simulation

    Yu Ge Dong & Zheng Ni

    A fuzzy reliability analysis based on the transformation between discrete fuzzy random variable and discrete random variable

    Yu Ge Dong & Zheng Ni

    Coherent concurrent task scheduling and resource assignment in dependable system design

    M. Drabowski & E. Wantuch

    Optimization of the preventive maintenance plan of a series components system

    J. A. C. Duarte, J. C. Taborda, A. Craveiro & T. P. Trigo

    Safety aspects of ammonia as a fuel in fuel-cell-powered vehicles

    N.J. Duijm, J.L. Paulsen & F. Markert

    Power systems performability analysis

    M. Dumitrescu, I.Voncila, T. Dumitriu, G. Gurguiatu, D. Floricau & A. P. Ulmeanu

    An innovating application of Bayesian Networks: global environmental risk assessment of the cold source system of a nuclear power plant

    A.Dutfoy, S. Pierlot & G. Deleuze

    An analysis of accidents caused by improper functioning of machine control systems

    M. Dzwiarek

    Evaluating and improvement of safety instruments in offshore industries using dependability analysis

    V. Ebrahimipour & K. Suzuki

    Deterministic and non-deterministic methods for analyzing and improving equipment performance in offshore industry based on dependability

    V. Ebrahimipour & K. Suzuki

    Automatic design optimisation for reliable systems with human operators

    I. Eusgeld & Ch. Stoica

    A risk-cost model for assessing the impact of automation and mechanical failures in the preliminary design phase of high speed crafts

    A. Faravelli, M. Pedrali & A. Raffetti

    An integrated model of controllability for the preliminary design phase of high speed crafts

    A. Faravelli, M. Pedrali, F. Ghozlan & T. Koester

    Risk estimation in systems where many various hazards are present and many various escalations / mitigations are possible

    M. Ferjencik

    Reducing encounters numbers in vessel traffic schemes

    W. Filipowicz & T. Neumann

    Multicriteria decision support for vessels routing

    W. Filipowicz, M. Lacki & J. Szlapczynska

    Formal hazard analysis using multi-net semantic networks

    L. Filippidis

    Minimal repair and lifesaving in heterogeneous populations

    M.S. Finkelstein

    Major accident hazard and land-use planning: difficulties in law requirements rendering and real application to existing overexploited areas.

    L. Fiorentini, C. Gaslini, A. Romano & S. M. Scarpellini

    Rare events: natural hazards and major accident industries

    L. Fiorentini, V. Rossini, F. Colombo & A. Respighi

    Securing new mobile technologies

    A. Fischer & H. Straumann

    Cost-optimization model for the planning of the renewal, inspection, and maintenance of substation facilities in Belgian power transmission system

    O. Fouathia, J.C. Maun, P.E. Labeau & D. Wiot

    Cost – effective maintenance with preventive replacement of oldest components

    I.B. Frenkel & L.V. Khvatskin

    An assessment of ship impact on the ground during manoeuvring in a port water area

    W. Galor

    An improvement of industrial and technological safety based upon the nuclear safety concept of "Defense in Depth"

    E. Garbolino, F. Guarnieri & J. Cambon

    Reliability growth through block upgrade

    D. P. Gaver, K. D. Glazebrook, P. A. Jacobs & E. A. Seglie

    An analysis of drag forces based on L-moments

    P.H.A.J.M. van Gelder & M.D. Pandey

    Hazard identification in process plant through CAD, CAE and PDM systems

    F. Giannini, M. Monti, S. Ansaldi & P. Bragatto

    Risk analysis for insurance of technical systems

    D. Golebiewski & K. T. Kosmowski

    Reasoning about trust in IT infrastructures

    J. Górski & M. Zagórski

    Safety during organizational change in the chemical process industry

    A. J. Gort, R. M. Keus, C. Moonen, M. van Dijk, E. de Vroome & G.I.J.M. Zwetsloot

    A Methodology for the integrated development of internal and external events in the probabilistic risk analysis for PBMR plant

    H. van Graan, D. Serbanescu & Y. Combrink

    Reliability model of the multi-stage operation

    F.Grabski

    Importance measures in cause-consequence diagrams, calculation and applications

    D.J.K. Griffin

    Keynote lecture: Methods of probability assessment of ships accidents on restricted water areas

    L. Gucma

    Methods for bridge safety assessments with respect to ship collisions

    L. Gucma

    Optimal visualization of navigational situation in pilot support systems with use of safety criteria.

    M. Gucma

    The safety of manoeuvring in confined areas as a function of navigation coordinates systems

    S. Gucma

    Stochastic System Age Processes

    R. Guo & T. Dunne

    Keynote lecture: Grey repairable system analysis

    R. Guo

    C. E. Love

    Management influences on major hazard prevention: the ARAMIS audit

    A.R. Hale, F.W. Guldenmund, L.H.J. Goossens, J. Karczewski, N-J. Duijm,

    D. Hourtoulou, J-C. LeCoze, E. Plot, F. Prats, B. Kontic, D. Kontic & M. Gerbec

    Using barrier concepts to understand priorities in the prevention of occupational accidents

    A.R. Hale, B.J.M. Ale, C. Paas, J.T. Quik, M. Mud, L.J. Bellamy, J. Whiston,

    H. Baksteen, J. Post, P Uijt de Haag, T. Geyer & Joy Oh

    Coupling of information-flow aggregation method and dynamical model for a more accurate evaluation of reliability

    K. Hamidi, O. Malassé & J.F. Aubry

    Attitudes to different energy sources

    J. Harvey, S. Joyce & P. Norman

    What does safety culture mean to the shop floor in the nuclear industry?

    J. Harvey, G. Erdos, H. Bolam & D. Gregory

    Occupational risk in decommissioning/removal projects

    S. Haugen, H. Myrheim, D.R. Bayly & J.E. Vinnem

    Monte Carlo simulation for automotive applications under real conditions

    J. Hauschild & A. Meyna

    Environmental indicators for agricultural management: the problem of integration

    K. Hayashi

    Bayesian parameter estimation in human reliability analysis

    X. He, J. Tong & X. Huang

    Risk administration of not-implemented safety measures

    A.W. Heskestad, M.L. Eknes & H.K. Endresen

    An approach to determine uncertainties of prior information – the transformation factor

    T. Hitziger & B. Bertsche

    Description and discussion of principles and methods for technology qualification

    A. Hjorteland

    On how to use expert judgments in regularity analyses to obtain good predictions

    A. Hjorteland & T. Aven

    Probability of failure on demand (PFD)-

    the formulas of IEC 61508 with focus on the 1oo2D voting

    P. Hokstad

    Risk assessment of road tunnels based on Bayesian network

    M. Holický & L. Šajtar

    Evaluation of reliability using shadowed sets and fuzzy lifetime data

    O. Hryniewicz

    Quantitative analysis of the influence of fuzzy factors on fuzzy reliability of structures

    H.Z. Huang, M.J. Zuo, X. F. Fan & Z. Tian

    The infrastructure of a probabilistic safety assessment

    I. Ingemarson & M. Knochenhauer

    Fast reliability prediction in the medical equipment industry

    R. A. Ion, S. Roelsma, P. Sonnemans, A. Brombacher & M. J. Newby

    Analysis of the barge repair ability basing on statistical data

    R. Iwankowicz, R. Rutkowski, T. Urbanski, T. Graczyk & T. Jastrzebski

    Optimization of a procedure for emergency cooling and pressure relief for reactors with exothermal processes

    D.W. Jablonski & U. Hauptmanns

    An approach for early reliability evaluation of mechatronic systems

    P. Jäger & B. Bertsche

    Information portal of the Gdynia Maritime Administration Office as a tool for managing maritime safety and environment protection

    I. Jagniszczak & P. Jedrzejowicz

    Model of system availability caused by spare parts inventory level

    A. Jodejko

    Does deregulation of the railways increase safety in rail transportation?

    S.O. Johnsen & M. Tungland

    Identification and reduction of risks in remote operations of offshore oil and gas installations.

    S.O. Johnsen, M.A. Lundteigen, H. Fartum & J. Monsen

    Challenges in remote control and remote co-operation of offshore oil and gas installations in the North Sea

    S.O. Johnsen, A. Askildsen & K. Hunnes

    Equation Chapter 1 Section 1

    The observational method in geotechnical engineering, a risk-based approach

    R.B. Jongejan, J.K. Vrijling & S. Van Baars

    A method for the estimation of loss of life caused by floods

    S.N. Jonkman & J.K. Vrijling

    An application of game theory to security and reliability analysis

    I. J. Józwiak, W. Laskowski & J. Zych

    Assessing software reliability in the context of refactoring

    I. J. Józwiak, A. M. Piotrowicz & M. K. Kowalczyk

    The Process of Safety Management and Decision Making

    P. Kafka

    BDD complexity reduction by component fault trees

    B. Kaiser & A. Zocher

    A study towards the application of Markovian deterioration processes for bridge maintenance modelling in the Netherlands

    M.J.Kallen & J.M. van Noortwijk

    Integrating human factors into process hazard analysis

    S.G. Kariuki & K. Löwe

    Ferry control area of entry on the intersection with a fairway

    L. Kasyk

    Integrated technique of reliability analysis for NPP Instrumentation and Control System expert assessment

    V. Kharchenko, V. Sklyar, G. Schnürer & H. Miedl

    A feature selection approach based on principal component analysis and synaptic weights for mechanical faults diagnosis.

    B. Kilundu & P. Dehombreux

    Software vulnerability: definition, modeling, and practical evaluation

    M. Kimura

    Hydrogen applications to aircrafts and cars – basic safety aspects

    G. Klein, B. Zapf & T. Weidl

    Uncertainty analysis for the predicted proportion of fuel rods failed during a hypothetical loss of coolant accident

    M. Kloos

    Uncertainty analysis performed for the review of a large scale probabilistic seismic hazard analysis

    J.-U. Klügel & F. Groen

    Validation of decompression schedules for the polish navy

    R. Klos

    Logistic regression as a model for the assessment of decompression risks

    R. Klos

    Alternative stability requirements and application of the FSA methodology

    L. Kobylinski

    A simple method to derive minimal cut sets for a non-coherent fault tree

    T. Kohda

    Risk-based dynamic reconfiguration of safety monitoring systems

    T. Kohda & W. Cui

    Reliability and risk evaluation of complex systems in their operation processes

    K. Kolowrocki

    Critical assessment of the organisational learning system of the fire service in response to fatal accidents to firemen

    F. Koornneef, A.R. Hale & W. van Dijk

    Input parameters distribution sensitivity study of RBMK-1500 reactor one group distribution header complete blockage scenario

    V. Kopustinskas, R. Urbonas, A. Kaliatka & R. Bolado-Lavín

    Level 2 PSA approach for Ignalina RBMK-1500 reactor in Lithuania

    V.Kopustinskas, E.Urbonavicius, A.Kaliatka, S.Rimkevicius, E.Ušpuras, A.Bagdonas, P.Hellström & G.Johanson

    Systematic approach to naval accidents and breakdowns in the Polish Navy

    Z. Korczewski & R.J. Wróbel

    Avionics databus safety criteria and certification

    A. Kornecki & J. Zalewski

    Probabilistic risk analysis of electric shock associated with exploitation of low voltage equipment

    W. Korniluk & R.A. Sobolewski

    Computer aided functional safety assessment

    K.T. Kosmowski & M. Sliwinski

    Methodology for functional safety assessment

    K.T. Kosmowski & M. Sliwinski

    Methodological and practical aspects of maintenance planning in hazardous systems

    K.T. Kosmowski & J.M. Piesik

    Optimizing the amount of free resources on a computer system using software rejuvenation

    V. Koutras & A. Platis

    Software rejuvenation in maritime applications

    V. Koutras, A. Platis, V. Mennis & N. Nikitakos

    Time series – the tool for traffic safety analysis

    R. Krystek & J. Zukowska

    On account of concurrent rectangular pulse actions in structural design

    A.Kudzys

    Transformed conditional probabilities in cracking redundant bar system design

    A. Kudzys & R. Kliukas

    Reliability improvement of large multi-state series-parallel systems

    B. Kwiatuszewska-Sarnecka

    Reliability improvement of large parallel-series systems

    B. Kwiatuszewska-Sarnecka

    A PKI security reliability assessment methodology

    C. Lambrinoudakis, A. Platis & A. Leros

    Structural reliability criteria and dynamic positioning of marine vessels

    B.J. Leira, A. Sørensen, P.I.B. Berntsen & O. I. Aamo

    New developments for socio-economically based risk acceptability criteria

    A. Lentz & R. Rackwitz

    Weighted voting systems: the decision making time aspect

    G. Levitin

    Genetic algorithm in optimization of fault-tolerant software

    G. Levitin & H. Ben-Haim

    Maintenance scheduling by variable dimension evolutionary algorithms

    A. Limbourg & H.-D. Kochs

    Extended block diagram method for multi-state system reliability assessment

    A. Lisnianski

    Dynamic games methods in navigator decision support system for safety navigation

    J. Lisowski

    Towards safer skies: a probabilistic approach to risk assessment of new aviation safety products

    J.T. Luxhøj & D.W. Coit

    Areas of dangerous approach to the ship defined with the aid of a domain

    A. Lebkowski, M. Tobiasz, K. Dziedzicki, M. Tomera & R. Smierzchalski

    The system of safe ship steering at sea

    A. Lebkowski, M. Tobiasz, K. Dziedzicki, M. Tomera & R. Smierzchalski

    Problems associated with evacuation from the ship in case the emergency situation

    D.H. Lozowicka

    On using soft computing techniques in software reliability engineering

    H. Madsen, P. Thyregod, B. Burtschy, F. Popentiu & G. Albeanu

    An approach for online reliability evaluation and prediction of mechanical transmission components

    M. Maisch, B. Bertsche & R. Hettich

    A lower bound for the node-pair reliability of network systems with small distances between adjacent nodes

    J. Malinowski

    Alternative procedures for combination of actions in ISO standards

    J. Markova

    Calibration of reduced models by multi-objective genetic algorithms

    M. Marseguerra, E. Zio & R. Canetta

    Use of metrics with multiobjective GA. Application to the selection of an optimal maintenance strategy in the RCM context

    S. Martorell, S. Carlos & A. Sánchez

    Optimization of surveillance requirements at NPP considering time-dependent scheduling of tests and preventive maintenance

    S. Martorell, S. Carlos, J.F. Villanueva, A.I. Sanchez & M. Cepin

    Models of behavior and human error

    S. Massaiu

    Power network reliability analysis system

    V. Matuzas, D. Tarvydas, R. Krikstolaitis & N. Listopadskis

    Optimising the strategy of track maintenance

    C. Meier-Hirmer, F. Sourget & M. Roussignol

    On limit reliability functions of series – "mn out of kn" systems

    B. Milczek

    Influence of the control strategy choice on the safety level of a distributed control system

    A. Mkhida, P. Barger, J.M. Thiriet & J.F. Aubry

    Rank reliability assessment of the technical object at early design stage with limited operational data. Case study.

    M. Mlynczak & T. Nowakowski

    Dynamic Bayesian networks for modeling advanced fault tree features in dependability analysis

    S. Montani, L. Portinale & A. Bobbio

    A methodology of risk assessment for operation and maintenance tasks

    A. Nagasaka, M. Ebisu, T. Aikawa, K. Hayase & K. Takano

    A bivariate process model for maintenance and inspection planning

    M. J. Newby & C. T. Barker

    An experience in validating train control systems by a grey-box testing approach

    G. De Nicola, P. di Tommaso, R. Esposito, F. Flammini, P. Marmo & A. Orazzo

    Modelling the deterioration of the coating on steel structures

    R.P. Nicolai, G. Budai, R. Dekker & M. Vreijling

    Risk analysis; a tool to support decision making. But, who cares about the decisions?

    O. Njå & T.E. Nøkland

    Gamma processes for time-dependent reliability of structures

    J.M. van Noortwijk, M.J. Kallen & M.D. Pandey

    Redundancy optimization for multi-state systems under repair policies

    M. Nourelfath & D. Ait-Kadi

    Analysis of reliability model of combined transportation system

    T. Nowakowski & M. Zajac

    Analytic solution of seismic probabilistic risk assessment

    O. Nusbaumer

    Improved railway punctuality by effective maintenance – a case study

    B. Nyström & P. Söderholm

    Determination of point of maximum likelihood in failure domain using genetic algorithms

    A.S. Obadage & N. Harnpornchai

    General conditions for online estimation and optimization of reliability characteristics

    I. Pabst & P.C. Müller

    General conditions for online estimation and optimization of reliability characteristics

    I. Pabst, P.C. Müller & C. Dietl

    Quantified risk assessment for plants producing and storing explosives

    Papazoglou I.A, Saravanos P., Giakoumatos I. & Aneziris O.N.

    Reliability evaluation for the pump assembly using an accelerated test

    S.J. Park, S.D. Park & K.S. Kim

    Ships navigational risk assessment in port areas

    V. Paulauskas

    Safety management coping with complexity in air traffic management

    E. Perrin & J. Spouge

    Optimisation of OSH-related management processes in enterprises

    M. Pecillo

    Quality and productivity improvement by implementation of total productive maintenance system

    J.M. Piesik

    Human factor in a vessel navigational decision support system

    Z. Pietrzykowski

    The reliability analysis of continuous operating technical system

    P. Pisarski

    Identification of hazard zones for operators in ship power plants

    A. Podsiadlo & W. Tarelko

    Modelling a decision-making process of hazard zone identification in ship power plants

    A. Podsiadlo & W. Tarelko

    Investigation of influence of organic polymer on TML value of the mineral concentrates

    M. Popek

    Modeling and simulation of the operational availability and costs of complex systems – a case study

    P. Pozsgai & B. Bertsche

    Mathematical modeling of heat and mass transfer during fire in room with complex geometry

    S.V. Puzach & N.V. Puzach

    Accidents, safety and crew interaction in the maritime domain

    R. Pyne & T. Koester

    Conception of structural condition space and its application to reliability assessment of structural system

    J.J. Qin & X.L. Liu

    Estimation of high consequence low frequency events through empirical Bayes procedures

    J. Quigley, T. Bedford & L. Walls

    An introduction to reliability-adaptive systems

    U. K. Rakowsky

    On multi-system reliability and operation

    U. K. Rakowsky

    Some notes on probabilities and non-probabilistic reliability measures

    U. K. Rakowsky

    An innovative strategy to put integrated maintenance, reliability and quality improvement concepts into action

    M. F. Ramalhoto & R. Göb

    A multistate based generalized path vector approach for multistate two-terminal reliability

    J. E. Ramirez-Marquez, D.W. Coit & M. Tortorella

    Multistate component criticality analysis in multistate systems

    J. E. Ramirez-Marquez & D.W. Coit

    The safety case and the lessons learnt for the reliability and maintainability case.

    M. Revie, T. Bedford & L. Walls

    Component reliability data in argentinean research reactors: collection and processing

    S. S. Rivera, J. E. Núñez Mc Leod, J. H. Barón, N. Rico & A. Cataldi

    A statistical approach to control conservatism of robust uncertainty propagation methods; application to accidental thermal hydraulics calculations

    E. de Rocquigny

    A discussion of the IEC standards 61508 and 61511 in a risk management context

    W. Røed, J.E. Vinnem & T. Aven

    An approach to carry out a boiler plant hazard assessment

    V. Rouhiainen, M. Reunanen, J. Sarsama & J. Schabel

    A tool for optimising the maintenance of equipment of electrical networks

    S. Rusek, R. Gono & R. Briš

    Operational risk reduction of turbines by optimization of its start-ups

    A. M. Rusin & M. J. Lipka

    Adaptive maintenance policy for a deteriorating system with random change of mode

    B. Saassouh, L. Dieulle & A. Grall

    Random field of initial deflections and strength of thin plates

    Z. Sadovský, C. Guedes Soares & A.P. Teixeira

    Real time updating of risk assessments during a drilling operation

    M. Sandøy & T. Aven

    Collection of reliability and maintenance data - development of an international standard

    H. A. Sandtorv, R. Østebø & H. Kortner

    Estimators for reliability measures in geometric distribution model using dependent masked system life test data

    Ammar M. Sarhan

    Neural generation of uncertainty reliability functions bounded by belief and plausibility frontiers

    R. Savic

    Use of Kriging to increase the predictive power of meta-models in structural reliability

    L. Schueremans & D. Van Gemert

    Failure forecast in engineering systems by searching for the inner points of system of algebraic equalities and inequalities

    V.E. Seleznev, V.V. Kiselev & O.I. Zelenskaya

    Numerical analysis of nonstationary pollutant spread through the industrial sewer and rivers

    V.E. Seleznev, O.I. Zelenskaya & S.N. Pryalov

    Automatic fit of parameters under identification of mathematical models to the real failures

    V.E. Seleznev, V.V. Aleshin & A.L. Boychenko

    Numerical analysis of fire risk at pipeline systems of industrial power facilities

    V.E. Seleznev & V.V. Aleshin

    Development of an integrated software for reliability analysis and PSA, SAREX

    H. Seok, D.K. Kim, H.K. Lim & S.K. Kang

    Risk, probabilility and uncertainty for complex technical systems

    Dan Serbanescu

    Managing human and organizational factors in the construction and marine industries

    M. Shammas & O.T. Gudmestad

    Safety as an organizational value: improving safety practices and learning from accidents

    S. Silva & M.L. Lima

    Flood forecast using Bayesian approach

    J.Simaityte Volskiene, J. Augutis, E. Uspuras & I. Zutautaite

    Reliability and credibility evaluation of networked control systems

    C. Simon, J.M. Thiriet, P. Barger & J.F. Aubry

    Incorporating human and organizational factors in risk analysis for offshore installations

    S. Sklet, T. Aven, S. Hauge & J.E. Vinnem

    Qualitative analysis of human, technical and operational barrier elements during well interventions

    S. Sklet, T. Steiro & O. Tjelta

    The formal safety assessment and influence of human factor in application to chosen ship’s type

    M. Smajdor

    Integration of reliability concepts, diagnosis and control to realize safe systems

    D. Söffker, K. Kashi & K. Wolters

    Reliability of large series-parallel system in variable operation conditions

    J. Soszynska

    Reliability of large parallel-series system in variable operation conditions

    J. Soszynska

    Developing risk management through specific safety psychological training

    M. Specht, C. Denis-Rémis, F.-R. Chevreau, J.-L. Wybo, Luc Guerillot,

    V. Guinet & W. Rangamie

    Simplified reliability data collection and analysis in the power system

    M.Stojkov, R.Kovacevic & S.Nikolovski

    Safety and reliability management system of hazard goods transportation

    J. Szpytko

    Achieving better on-time-delivery performance with the help of internal dependencies

    J. Takala & P. Nieminen

    Reliability of load bearing steel plates subjected to localised heat loads

    A. P. Teixeira & C. Guedes Soares

    Application of model-based risk analysis in a risk-informed man, technology and organisation model

    A. P-J Thunem, B. Axel Gran & A. B. Miberg Skjerve

    Reliability-redundancy allocation for multi-state series-parallel systems

    Z. Tian, M.J. Zuo & H. Huang

    Risk assessment in textile and wood processing industry

    P.Tint, K.Reinhold & G.Kiivet

    Reliability analysis based on cost of failure

    M.T.Todinov

    Risk criteria in EU

    V.M. Trbojevic

    Improving integrity of offshore marine operations by incorporating human, management and organisational barriers in risk assessment

    V.M. Trbojevic & O.T.Gudmestad

    Petri net modeling of production systems in consideration of system properties, maintenance and production processes

    M. Trost & B. Bertsche

    A reliability study for the evaluation of File Transfer Protocol requests

    P. Tsopelas

    Bayesian bootstrap: use for estimating probabilities of accidental damage to structures

    E.R. Vaidogas

    A model of vehicle traction usable for a drive simulator

    M. Vala

    Mapping up and down common cause failure rates and impact weights

    J.K. Vaurio

    Continuous monitoring of warranty costs

    Z. Vintr & M. Vintr

    Estimating warranty costs in the initial stages of product life

    M. Vintr

    Safety practices and procedures used when three major accidents occurred in South Africa

    J.K. Visser

    Probabilistic design verification of offshore rock supports

    G.B. de Vries

    On the reliability of multistate systems with imprecise probabilities

    M. Wagenknecht & U. Gocht

    Reliability and functional analysis of discrete transport system with dispatcher

    T. Walkowiak & J. Mazurkiewicz

    A multiple criteria model for ship maintenance inspection optimization

    J. Wang & A. Pillay

    Conception of the national sea safety management and monitoring system

    R. Wawruch

    New approach to safety contour of electronic navigational chart

    A. Weintrit, P. Kopacz & K. Kolowrocki

    An approach to affect the probability of failure by changed operation modes

    K. Wolters & D. Söffker

    Multi-objective evolutionary optimal design of N-version software system

    H. Yamachi, H. Yamamoto & Y. Tsujimura

    Formal safety assessment of container liner supply chains

    Z.L. Yang S. Bonsall, J. Wang & Q.G. Fang

    Reliability optimization of a parallel system with redundant dependences

    H. Yu, C. Chu, F. Yalaoui & É. Châtelet

    Dynamic reliability analysis of the k-out-of-n multi-state system

    E. Zaitseva, V. Levashenko, K.Matiaško & S. Puuronen

    Assessment of the impact of software failures on the reliability of a man-computer system

    W. Zamojski & D. Caban

    A block replacement policy for a periodically inspected two-unit parallel standby safety system

    R.I. Zequeira & C. Bérenguer

    Software modeling framework for dynamic PRA

    D. Zhu, A. Mosleh & C. Smidts

    A Monte Carlo simulation approach to the production availability evaluation of an offshore installation with operational loops

    E.Zio, P.Baraldi & E.Patelli

    A multi-state Monte Carlo simulation model of a railway network system

    E. Zio, M. Marella & L. Podofillini

    Biography

    Krzysztof Kolowrocki is a Professor and the Head of Mathematics Department at Faculty of Navigation of Gdynia Maritime University. His field of interest is mathematical modelling of safety and reliability of complex systems and processes. He has published more than 200 books, articles and papers in journals and conference proceedings. He is the Vice-President of the Polish Safety and Reliability Association.