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Old 10-21-2010, 05:58 AM   #273
Lo Zeno
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Originally Posted by LakeLoon View Post
I suspect that most knowledgeable engineers/operators can come up with theoretical risks and failure modes for virtually any complex system. What we really want to know, what is interesting in practice, is the LIKELIHOOD of such failures. It may be that even the best experts cannot quantify the likelihood, but I for one would appreciate a better explanation of which variables can be quantified and which can't, and why. From the experts, not from rubberneckers like myself.
I wrote this: https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...&postcount=188 on page 13 of this very discussion, followed by this: https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...290#post887290

It's not exactly what you ask, but could give you a start
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