@inproceedings{eab8c3d9b1394c23ad27a45efc8f96a6,
title = "Systematic failures in safety systems : how to analyse, how to optimise",
abstract = "The different quantitative and qualitative safety analysis techniques are reviewed. These techniques cover different aspects of system safety. A new technique for assessing systematic failures and their impact on safety and availability and triprate in the process industry using Markov processes is also introduced. It involves three steps: using Markov analysis to analyze different failure modes in a system; projecting systematic failures on the initial states of the Markov diagram; and studying the effects of testing and repair (both `perfect' and non-perfect).",
author = "A.C. Brombacher and M.J.M. Houtermans and Spiker, {R. Th.E.} and J.L. Rouvroye",
year = "1996",
month = dec,
day = "1",
language = "English",
isbn = "1-556-17599-X",
volume = "2",
series = "Advances in instrumentation and control",
publisher = "Instrument Society of America",
number = "2",
pages = "1047--1054",
booktitle = "ISA/96, International Conference, Exhibition & Training Program, the International Society for Measurement and Control",
}