The effect of diagnostic and periodic proof testing on the availability of programmable safety systems

WSEAS Transactions on Systems

Volumn 5, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1861-1867

  Velten Philipp, Wolfgang ^a   Houtermans, Michel J ^b  

^a T V Rheinland Industrie Service GmbH   (Germany)

^b Safety Management and Consultancy   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

61508; 61511; Diagnostics; Proof tests; Reliability; Safety; Safety systems

Indexed keywords

CALCULATIONS; COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE; EVALUATION; PERFORMANCE; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; RELIABILITY;

DIAGNOSTICS; PERFORMANCE INDICATORS; PROGRAMMABLE ELECTRONIC SYSTEMS; PROOF TESTS;

SECURITY SYSTEMS;

EID: 33746892605     PISSN: 11092777     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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