How diagnostic coverage improves safety in programmable electronic systems

ISA Transactions

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 345-350

  Goble, William M ^a,b   Bukowski, Julia V ^c   Brombacher, A C ^b  

^a Moore Products Co   (United States)

^b EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^c Villanova University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ELECTRIC NETWORK SYNTHESIS; ELECTRIC NETWORK TOPOLOGY;

COVERAGE FACTORS; PROGRAMMABLE ELECTRONIC SYSTEMS (PES);

PROGRAMMABLE LOGIC CONTROLLERS;

EID: 0031368371     PISSN: 00190578     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0019-0578(97)00016-5     Document Type: Article

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