Incorporating process demand into models for assessment of safety system performance

Proceedings - Annual Reliability and Maintainability Symposium

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 577-581

  Bukowski, Julia V ^a,b  

^a VILLANOVA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Villanova University   (United States)

Author keywords

ANSI ISA 84.00.01 2004; IEC 61508; Markov models; Process demand models; Safety instrumented systems standards; Time to periodic inspection and maintenance

Indexed keywords

MARKOV MODELS; PROCESS DEMAND MODELS; SAFETY INSTRUMENTED SYSTEMS STANDARDS;

MARKOV PROCESSES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RELIABILITY ANALYSIS; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS;

SAFETY DEVICES;

EID: 34250183433     PISSN: 0149144X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/RAMS.2006.1677435     Document Type: Conference Paper

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