A fuzzy probabilistic approach for determining safety integrity level

IEEE Transactions on Fuzzy Systems

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 239-248

  Sallak, Mohamed ^a   Simon, Christophe ^a   Aubry, Jean Francois ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

Author keywords

Failure rates; Fuzzy probabilistic importance measure; Fuzzy probabilities; Safety instrumented systems (SISs); Safety integrity level (SIL); Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

FAILURE (MECHANICAL); PROBABILITY; RELIABILITY THEORY; SECURITY SYSTEMS; UNCERTAIN SYSTEMS;

FAILURE RATES; FUZZY PROBABILITIES; SAFETY INTEGRITY LEVEL (SIL);

FUZZY SYSTEMS;

EID: 40549083396     PISSN: 10636706     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TFUZZ.2007.903328     Document Type: Article

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