First published in France in 2005 by Herm s Science/Lavoisier entitled "Arbres de d faillances"

First Published in Great Britain and the United States in 2007 by ISTE Ltd

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Limnios, Nikolaos. [Arbres de d faillances. English] Fault trees/Nikolaos Limnios.   p. cm.Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN-13:

ISBN-10: 1-905209-30-4

TA169.L555 2006

620'.00452--dc22

2006033027

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ISBN 10: 1-905209-30-4

ISBN 13: 978-1-905209-30-9

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