W.E. Vesely

2.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
51 papers, 1.4k citations indexed

About

W.E. Vesely is a scholar working on Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty, Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality and Aerospace Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, W.E. Vesely has authored 51 papers receiving a total of 1.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 37 papers in Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty, 32 papers in Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality and 13 papers in Aerospace Engineering. Recurrent topics in W.E. Vesely's work include Risk and Safety Analysis (35 papers), Reliability and Maintenance Optimization (16 papers) and Nuclear Engineering Thermal-Hydraulics (9 papers). W.E. Vesely is often cited by papers focused on Risk and Safety Analysis (35 papers), Reliability and Maintenance Optimization (16 papers) and Nuclear Engineering Thermal-Hydraulics (9 papers). W.E. Vesely collaborates with scholars based in United States and Spain. W.E. Vesely's co-authors include J.B. Fussell, D.M. Rasmuson, Thomas Davis, P.K. Samanta, S. Martorell, Sergio Guarro, Curtis Smith, Donovan Mathias, Ali Mosleh and Robert Youngblood and has published in prestigious journals such as Reliability Engineering & System Safety, Risk Analysis and IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science.

In The Last Decade

W.E. Vesely

48 papers receiving 1.2k citations

Hit Papers

Fault Tree Handbook 1987 2026 2000 2013 1987 100 200 300 400

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
W.E. Vesely United States 15 741 615 429 189 148 51 1.4k
Arnljot Høyland United States 8 710 1.0× 880 1.4× 325 0.8× 248 1.3× 65 0.4× 11 1.7k
Carol Smidts United States 21 798 1.1× 467 0.8× 607 1.4× 348 1.8× 360 2.4× 112 1.6k
J.B. Fussell United States 8 483 0.7× 470 0.8× 356 0.8× 131 0.7× 60 0.4× 16 938
Hiromitsu Kumamoto Japan 18 438 0.6× 337 0.5× 172 0.4× 449 2.4× 44 0.3× 80 1.3k
Antoine Rauzy France 24 907 1.2× 875 1.4× 1.2k 2.7× 217 1.1× 192 1.3× 97 1.9k
Luca Podofillini Switzerland 25 1.2k 1.6× 972 1.6× 386 0.9× 217 1.1× 42 0.3× 56 2.0k
Luigi Portinale Italy 21 1.2k 1.6× 555 0.9× 635 1.5× 423 2.2× 192 1.3× 81 2.2k
Suprasad V. Amari United States 27 918 1.2× 1.5k 2.4× 1.0k 2.4× 185 1.0× 65 0.4× 67 2.0k
J.B. Bowles United States 14 411 0.6× 354 0.6× 179 0.4× 167 0.9× 131 0.9× 44 1.2k
C.H. Lie South Korea 9 270 0.4× 346 0.6× 202 0.5× 160 0.8× 55 0.4× 16 750

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Vesely, W.E.. (2004). Extended fault modeling used in the space shuttle PRA. Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research). 382–385. 2 indexed citations
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Vesely, W.E.. (1999). Principles of resource-effectiveness and regulatory-effectiveness for risk-informed applications:. Reliability Engineering & System Safety. 63(3). 283–292. 20 indexed citations
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Vesely, W.E.. (1998). Reservations on “ASME Risk‐Based Inservice Inspection and Testing: An Outlook to the Future”. Risk Analysis. 18(4). 423–425. 8 indexed citations
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Vesely, W.E.. (1998). Supplemental viewpoints on the use of importance measures in risk-informed regulatory applications. Reliability Engineering & System Safety. 60(3). 257–259. 14 indexed citations
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Knoll, Alois, P.K. Samanta, & W.E. Vesely. (1996). Risk based optimization of the frequency of EDG on-line maintenance at Hope Creek. University of North Texas Digital Library (University of North Texas). 2 indexed citations
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Aldemir, Tunc, et al.. (1995). Time-dependent unavailability of aging standby components based on nuclear plant data. Reliability Engineering & System Safety. 47(3). 199–205. 14 indexed citations
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Uryasev, Stan, P.K. Samanta, & W.E. Vesely. (1994). Issues and Approaches in Risk-Based Aging Analyses of Passive Components. University of North Texas Digital Library (University of North Texas). 21–32. 1 indexed citations
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Vesely, W.E., Stan Uryasev, & P.K. Samanta. (1994). Failure of emergency diesel generators: a population analysis using empirical Bayes methods. Reliability Engineering & System Safety. 46(3). 221–229. 10 indexed citations
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Vesely, W.E., et al.. (1991). Considerations in establishing allowed cumulative outage times for components. Reliability Engineering & System Safety. 34(2). 221–233. 1 indexed citations
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Boccio, J.L., et al.. (1988). Evaluation of reliability technology applicable to LWR operational safety. 2 indexed citations
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Vesely, W.E.. (1988). More comprehensive approaches for determining risk sensitivities to component aging. Nuclear Engineering and Design. 106(3). 389–397. 1 indexed citations
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Vesely, W.E., et al.. (1987). Evaluation of risk effective STIs with specific application to diesels. University of North Texas Digital Library (University of North Texas). 2 indexed citations
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Sideris, Athanasios, et al.. (1979). Nuclear plant fire incident data file. 1 indexed citations
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Vesely, W.E., et al.. (1977). FRANTIC II: a computer code for time dependent unavailability analysis. OSTI OAI (U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information). 20 indexed citations
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Vesely, W.E., et al.. (1976). Analysis of Component Reliability Data. IEEE Transactions on Reliability. R-25(3). 158–163. 4 indexed citations
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Vesely, W.E.. (1976). Rare Event Techniques Applied in the Rasmussen Study. 1 indexed citations
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Vesely, W.E., et al.. (1973). Monte Carlo uncertainty estimate for a complex system of equations. OSTI OAI (U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information). 16(3). 506–11. 1 indexed citations
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Vesely, W.E., et al.. (1973). Statistical regression analysis of experimental data for flow film boiling heat transfer. OSTI OAI (U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information). 2 indexed citations
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Fussell, J.B. & W.E. Vesely. (1972). New methodology for obtaining cut sets for fault trees. Transactions of the American Nuclear Society. 15(1). 262–263. 93 indexed citations
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Vesely, W.E.. (1969). FAULT TREE ANALYSIS BY KINETIC TREE THEORY.. Transactions of the American Nuclear Society. 2 indexed citations

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