Designing for reliability and safety control

Book · Tue Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1985

OSTI ID:5378614

Henley, E J; Kumamoto, H

This work provides a quantitative treatment of the optimal design of safety systems focusing on information links (human and computer), sensors, and control systems. It deals with the important topics of protection from terrorist attacks and sabotage. Its shows the complex interactions between plant equipment and human operators, automatic control systems, computer hardware and software, and protective systems. This book expands the scope and role of reliability and safety engineers by introducing them to new concepts such as human behavior, computer failures, artificial intelligence techniques, alarm optimization, and fault-free synthesis.

• OSTI ID: 5378614
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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42 ENGINEERING
420600 -- Engineering-- Safety Engineering-- (-1987)
99 GENERAL AND MISCELLANEOUS
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ADVERSARIES
ALARM SYSTEMS
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN
COMPUTERIZED CONTROL SYSTEMS
CONTROL SYSTEMS
ENGINEERED SAFETY SYSTEMS
ENGINEERING
FAILURES
FAULT TREE ANALYSIS
HUMAN FACTORS
INTERVENORS
MAN-MACHINE SYSTEMS
MEASURING INSTRUMENTS
MONITORS
OPTIMIZATION
PHYSICAL PROTECTION
PROGRAMMING
PSYCHOLOGY
RELIABILITY
SABOTAGE
SAFETY ENGINEERING
SECURITY
SYSTEM FAILURE ANALYSIS
SYSTEMS ANALYSIS
USES