@article{Dziula_Jurdzinski_Kolowrocki_Soszynska_2007,
	author = {Dziula, Przemyslaw and Jurdzinski, Miroslaw and Kolowrocki, Krzysztof and Soszynska, Joanna},
	title = {On Ship Systems Multi-state Safety Analysis},
	journal = {TransNav, the International Journal on Marine Navigation and Safety of Sea Transportation},
	volume = {1},
	number = {2},
	pages = {199-205},
	year = {2007},
	url = {./Article_On_Ship_Systems_Multi-state_Safety_Dziula,2,27.html},
	abstract = {A multi-state approach to defining basic notions of the system safety analysis is proposed. A system safety function and a system risk function are defined. A basic safety structure of a multi-state series system of components with degrading safety states is defined. For this system the multi-state safety function is determined. The proposed approach is applied to the evaluation of a safety function, a risk function and other safety characteristics of a ship system composed of a number of subsystems having an essential influence on the ship safety. Further, a semi-markov process for the considered system operation modelling is applied. The paper also offers an approach to the solution of a practically important problem of linking the multi-state system safety model and its operation process model. Finally, the proposed approach is applied to the preliminary evaluation of safety characteristics of a ship system in varying operation conditions.},
	issn = {2083-6473},
	publisher = {Gdynia Maritime University, Faculty of Navigation},
	keywords = {Safety at Sea, Marine Navigation, Sea Transportation, Semi-Markov Process, Multi-State Safety Function, Safety Analysis, Ship Operation Process, Complex Multi-State System}
}