Design optimization of a safety-instrumented system based on RAMS+C addressing IEC 61508 requirements and diverse redundancy

Reliability Engineering and System Safety

Volumn 94, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 162-179

  Torres Echeverria A C ^a   Martorell, S ^b   Thompson, H A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE VALÈNCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Common cause failure; Diversity; Genetic algorithm; IEC 61508; Optimization; Reliability; Safety; Safety integrity level; Safety system

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; BOOLEAN FUNCTIONS; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; CHEMICAL REACTIONS; CHEMICAL REACTORS; DISTRIBUTED COMPUTER SYSTEMS; GENETIC ALGORITHMS; OPTIMIZATION; QUALITY ASSURANCE; RANDOM ACCESS STORAGE; REDUNDANCY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SYSTEMS ENGINEERING;

COMMON CAUSE FAILURE; DIVERSITY; IEC 61508; SAFETY; SAFETY INTEGRITY LEVEL; SAFETY SYSTEM;

RELIABILITY;

EID: 54049144267     PISSN: 09518320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ress.2008.02.010     Document Type: Article

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