Evaluation of plant alarm systems by behavior simulation using a virtual subject

Computers and Chemical Engineering

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 374-386

  Liu, Xiwei ^a   Noda, Masaru ^a   Nishitani, Hirokazu ^a  

^a NARA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Behavior simulation; Fault detection and identification; Operator model; Plant alarm system; Virtual subject

Indexed keywords

ALARM SIGNALS; BEHAVIOR SIMULATION; EVALUATION METHOD; EVALUATION RESULTS; FAULT DETECTION AND IDENTIFICATION; HUMAN OPERATOR; LIMIT SETTING; MODEL-BASED EVALUATION; OPERATOR MODEL;

CHEMICAL PLANTS; FAULT DETECTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; VIRTUAL REALITY;

ALARM SYSTEMS;

EID: 75849157672     PISSN: 00981354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compchemeng.2009.11.017     Document Type: Article

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