Reliability and Safety Assessment of Dynamic Process Systems

ISBN-13: 9783540571483 / Angielski / Twarda / 1994 / 246 str.

Tunc Aldemir; Nathan O. Siu; Ali Mosleh

Opis

Explores both conventional approaches and dynamic new methodologies which are used in the safety analysis of dynamic processing systems. The need for improved methods is stressed, and special emphasis is placed on the human factor - the need for widespread procedures and training.

Spis treści

1 Dynamic Approaches — Issues and Methods.- Dynamic Approaches — Issues and Methods: An Overview.- The DYLAM Approach For the Reliability Analysis of Dynamic Systems.- Markovian Reliability Analysis of Dynamic Systems.- Approaching Dynamic Reliability By Monte Carlo Simulation.- Dependability Analysis of Embedded Software Systems.- 2 Dynamic Approaches — Applications.- Dynamic Approaches — Applications: An Overview.- Probabilistic Dynamics: The Mathematical and Computing Problems Ahead.- Evaluating Performance and Reliability of Automatically Reconfigurable Aerospace Systems Using Markov Modeling Techniques.- Reliability Analysis Under Fluctuating Environment Using Markov Method.- Automatic Generation of Dynamic Event Trees: A Tool for Integrated Safety Assessment (ISA).- 3 Human Reliability and Dynamic System Analysis.- Human Reliability and Dynamic System Analysis: An Overview.- Critique of Current Practice in the Treatment of Human Interactions in Probabilistic Safety Assessments.- Simplification of Complexity: The Use of Simulation to Analyse the Reliability of Cognition.- Human Errors in Dynamic Process Systems.- 4 Risk Assessment for Realistic Decision Making.- Risk Assessment for Realistic Decision Making: An Overview.- Time Dependencies in Probabilistic Safety Assessment.- Object Representations of Common Reliability Models: New Solution Techniques and Extensions.- The Approach of a Regulatory Body to the Assessment of Risks from Hazardous Installations.- 5 Working Sessions.- Summary of Working Session Activities.- List of Participants.