Combination of safety integrity levels (SILs): A study of IEC61508 merging rules

Journal of Loss Prevention in the Process Industries

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 437-449

  Langeron, Yves ^a   Barros, Anne ^a   Grall, Antoine ^a   Bérenguer, Christophe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE TECHNOLOGIE DE TROYES   (France)

Author keywords

IEC61508; Multiphase Markovian modelling; Probability of failure on demand (PFD); Safety integrity level (SIL)

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; FUNCTION EVALUATION; HAZARDS; RISK ANALYSIS;

MULTIPHASE MARKOVIAN MODELING; SAFETY INTEGRITY LEVEL (SIL);

SECURITY SYSTEMS;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; FUNCTION EVALUATION; HAZARDS; RISK ANALYSIS; SECURITY SYSTEMS;

EID: 44149104902     PISSN: 09504230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jlp.2008.02.003     Document Type: Article

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