Modelling test strategies effects on the probability of failure on demand for safety instrumented systems

Safety, Reliability and Risk Analysis: Theory, Methods and Applications - Proceedings of the Joint ESREL and SRA-Europe Conference

Volumn 3, Issue , 2009, Pages 1881-1889

  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

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMON CAUSE FAILURE; DIAGNOSTIC COVERAGE; EVALUATION INTERVAL; PROBABILITY OF FAILURE ON DEMAND; SAFETY INSTRUMENTED SYSTEMS; SAFETY SYSTEM; SYSTEM DEPENDABILITY; TEST STRATEGIES; TIME DEPENDENT;

QUALITY ASSURANCE; RELIABILITY ANALYSIS; RELIABILITY THEORY; RISK ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TESTING;

RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 79952340155     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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