Minimizing costs while meeting safety requirements: Modeling deterministic (imperfect) staggered tests using standard Markov models for SIL calculations

ISA Transactions

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 611-621

  Rouvroye, Jan L ^a   Wiegerinck, Jan A M ^b  

^a EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b SHELL GLOBAL SOLUTIONS INTERNATIONAL B V   (United States)

Author keywords

Markov model; Periodic testing; Probability of failure; Safety system

Indexed keywords

FAILURE ANALYSIS; MARKOV PROCESSES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROBABILITY;

FINANCIAL RISKS; MARKOV MODELS; PERIODIC TESTING; PROBABILITY OF FAILURE;

SECURITY SYSTEMS;

EID: 33750534753     PISSN: 00190578     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0019-0578(07)60236-5     Document Type: Article

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