Title :
Safety function in a control law and its assessment and management
Author_Institution :
Tokyo Univ. of Marine Sci. & Technol., Tokyo
Abstract :
This paper clarifies a safety function in a control law from a viewpoint of the international safety standard, IEC 61508, and presents a probabilistic safety assessment and management framework using an idea of representative safety functions, which is newly introduced from a practical viewpoint.
Keywords :
IEC standards; control system synthesis; safety systems; IEC 61508; control law; international safety standard; probabilistic safety assessment; safety function; Conference management; Control systems; IEC standards; Marine safety; Reliability theory; Risk management; Safety devices; Signal processing; Software safety; Technology management;
Conference_Titel :
American Control Conference, 2008
Conference_Location :
Seattle, WA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2078-0
Electronic_ISBN :
0743-1619
DOI :
10.1109/ACC.2008.4587130
