A symbolic model verifier for safe chemical process sequential control systems

Journal of Chemical Engineering of Japan

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 13-22

  Moon, Il ^a   Ko, Daeho ^a   Probst, Scott T ^b   Powers, Gary J ^b  

^a Yonsei University   (South Korea)

^b CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

PLC; Safety; Sequential Process Control; Symbolic Verification

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ALARM SYSTEMS; BOOLEAN ALGEBRA; PROCESS CONTROL;

CHEMICAL PROCESS SEQUENTIAL CONTROL SYSTEMS; SYMBOLIC MODEL VERIFIER (SMV);

CONTROL SYSTEMS;

EID: 0031070821     PISSN: 00219592     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1252/jcej.30.13     Document Type: Article

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