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E. Zio, N. Pedroni, “Reliability Estimation by Advanced Monte Carlo Simulation”, In: J. Faulin, A.A. Juan, S. Martorell, J.E. Ramirez-Marquez (Eds.), Simulation Methods for Reliability and Availability of Complex Systems (Springer series in Reliability Engineering), pp. 3-39, Springer-Verlag, London, United Kingdom, 2010, ISBN 978-1-84882-212-2.

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