Techniques for assigning a target safety integrity level

ISA Transactions

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 95-104

  Summers, Angela E ^a  

^a Triconex Corp   (United States)

Author keywords

ANSI ISA S84.01 1996; IEC 1508; Risk Graph; Risk Matrix; SIL; SIL Assignment; Target SIL

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; DECISION THEORY; MAINTENANCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; STANDARDS;

PROCESS HAZARD ANALYSIS (PHA); RISK MATRIX; SAFETY INTEGRITY LEVEL (SIL);

PROCESS CONTROL;

EID: 0031640487     PISSN: 00190578     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0019-0578(98)00010-x     Document Type: Article

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