A comparison of techniques for computing PFD average

Proceedings - Annual Reliability and Maintainability Symposium

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 590-595

  Bukowski, Julia V ^a,b,c  

^a VILLANOVA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Villanova University   (United States)

^c IEEE   (United States)

Author keywords

IEC 61508; Markov models; PFDavg; Probability failed dangerous average; Safety instrumented systems standards

Indexed keywords

COMPLEX MODELS; FAULT DETECTION; FAULT TREES; IEC 61508; MARKOV MODELS; PFDAVG; PROBABILITY FAILED DANGEROUS AVERAGE; SAFETY INSTRUMENTED SYSTEMS STANDARDS;

ERROR ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROBABILITY; TREES (MATHEMATICS); COMPUTATION THEORY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MARKOV PROCESSES; STANDARDS;

MARKOV PROCESSES; SECURITY SYSTEMS;

EID: 27744503476     PISSN: 0149144X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/RAMS.2005.1408427     Document Type: Conference Paper

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