Impact of proof test effectiveness on safety instrumented system performance

Proceedings - Annual Reliability and Maintainability Symposium

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 157-163

  Bukowski, Julia V ^a   Van Beurden, Iwan ^b  

^a Villanova University   (United States)

^b exidacom LLC   (United States)

Author keywords

Correctness; Proof test completeness; Safety instrumented systems standards; Safety integrity levels

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATIC DIAGNOSTICS; CORRECTNESS; FUNCTIONAL SAFETY; HIDDEN FAILURE; LOW DEMAND; PRACTICAL EXPERIENCE; PROBABILITY OF FAILURE ON DEMAND; PROOF TEST; PROOF TEST COMPLETENESS; PROOF TEST INTERVAL; SAFETY INSTRUMENTED FUNCTION; SAFETY INSTRUMENTED SYSTEMS; SAFETY INSTRUMENTED SYSTEMS STANDARDS; SAFETY INTEGRITY LEVELS;

LARGE SCALE SYSTEMS; MAINTAINABILITY; MICROPROCESSOR CHIPS; OPTICAL DATA STORAGE; QUALITY ASSURANCE; RANDOM ACCESS STORAGE; STANDARDS; STRESS INTENSITY FACTORS; SURVEYING INSTRUMENTS;

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EID: 70349151824     PISSN: 0149144X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/RAMS.2009.4914668     Document Type: Conference Paper

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3. J. V. Bukowski, "Modeling and Analyzing the Effects of Periodic Inspection on the Performance of Safety-Critical Systems, " IEEE Transactions on reliablity, Vol.50, No.3, September 2001.
4. Iwan van Beurden, "Advanced SIL Verification Techniques, " Proceedings ISA Safety Division Symposium 2008, 24 April 2008, Calgary, AB, Canada.
5. Safety Equipment Reliability Handbook, Third edition, exida.com LLC, Sellersville, PA, USA, 2007.