banked by utilities that are risk averse. The Argonne Utility Simulation Model (ARGUS2) is being revised to incorporate the …

This report presents the results of computer simulations designed to evaluate and compare the performance of the …

-cause failure models have limitations in a simulation environment. In addition, substantial subjectivity is associated with … parameter estimation for these models. This paper describes an approach in which system performance is simulated by drawing … estimate parameters in traditional common-cause failure models. Simulation examples are presented for failures in time. The …

secondary data base, meaning that information contained therein is derived entirely from other primary sources. It uses dBase …

simulation was used to develop the system survivability distribution from the component distributions using a system model that … applied by computer simulation; and (3) neither test data nor adequate knowledge of the physics are known, in which case, one … performance of this communications network is developed, as well as the survivability distributions for the nodes and links based …

Event tree analysis and Monte Carlo-based discrete event simulation have been used in risk assessment studies for many … method uses a recursive algorithm to solve the object model and identify all possible scenarios and their associated … inference based on Monte Carlo observations (as required by some discrete event simulation methods). Thus, OBEST is not only …

from or mitigate the impact of a successful attack before serious consequences occur. The methodology uses evidence …