Quantitative reliability assessment for safety related systems using Markov models

Qinghua Daxue Xuebao/Journal of Tsinghua University

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2008, Pages

  Guo, Haitao ^a   Yang, Xianhui ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Availability; IEC 61508; Markov model; Safety integrity level; Safety related system

Indexed keywords

AVAILABILITY; ELECTRON TRANSITIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RELIABILITY;

MARKOV MODEL; SAFETY INTEGRITY LEVEL; SAFETY RELATED SYSTEM;

SECURITY SYSTEMS;

EID: 40949084244     PISSN: 10000054     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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