Reliability Engineering & System Safety

期刊简介：Reliability Engineering and System Safety is an international journal devoted to the development and application of methods for the enhancement of the safety and reliability of complex technological systems, like nuclear power plants, chemical plants, hazardous waste facilities, space systems, offshore and maritime systems, transportation systems, constructed infrastructure and manufacturing plants. The journal normally publishes only articles that involve the analysis of substantive problems related to the reliability of complex systems or present techniques and/or theoretical results that have a discernable relationship to the solution of such problems. An important aim is to achieve a balance between academic material and practical applications.The following topics are within the scope of the journal: methods for reliability and probabilistic safety assessment; model and parameter uncertainties; aleatory and epistemic uncertainties, sensitivity analysis, data collection and analysis; engineering judgement and expert opinions; human reliability; test and maintenance policies; models for ageing and life extension; systems analysis of the impact of earthquakes, fires, tornadoes, winds, floods, etc.; codes, standards and safety criteria; operator decision support systems; software reliability; methods and applications of automatic fault detection and diagnosis; dynamic reliability; design and evaluation of man machine systems and human interfaces; design innovation for safety and reliability; safety culture; accident investigation and management. The journal does not normally publish articles that involve fuzzy sets and related non-probabilistic methods unless they contribute significantly to the solution of substantive problems related to the analysis of real systems.The journal will contain contributed material in the form of original research papers, review articles, industrial case studies, safety recommendations, and short communications.

【译文】可靠性工程与系统安全是一本国际期刊，致力于复杂技术系统（如核电站、化工厂、危险废物设施、太空系统、海上和海洋系统、交通系统、建筑基础设施和制造工厂）的安全性和可靠性方法的发展和应用。该期刊通常只发表涉及复杂系统可靠性实质性问题的分析文章，或展示与解决此类问题有显著关系的技巧和/或理论结果。一个重要目标是实现学术材料与实践应用的平衡。以下主题在期刊范围内：可靠性和概率安全评估方法；模型和参数不确定性；随机和认知不确定性，敏感性分析，数据收集和分析；工程判断和专家意见；人的可靠性；测试和维护政策；老化与寿命延长模型；地震、火灾、龙卷风、风、洪水等影响系统分析；规范、标准和安全标准；操作员决策支持系统；软件可靠性；自动故障检测和诊断的方法和应用；动态可靠性；人机系统和人机界面设计及评估；安全与可靠性设计创新；安全文化；事故调查与管理。除非它们对解决与真实系统分析相关的实质性问题有重大贡献，否则该期刊通常不发表涉及模糊集和相关非概率方法的文章。期刊将包含原创研究论文、综述文章、工业案例研究、安全建议和简报。