A snapshot of methods and tools to assess safety integrity levels of high-integrity protection systems

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part O: Journal of Risk and Reliability

Volumn 222, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 371-379

  Dutuit, Y ^a   Rauzy, A B ^b   Signoret, J P ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^b CNRS/IML   (France)

^c TOTAL/CSTJF ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

high integrity protection systems; IEC 61508; IEC 61511; safety integrity levels

Indexed keywords

EID: 84990365180     PISSN: 1748006X     EISSN: 17480078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1243/1748006XJRR147     Document Type: Article

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