Safety barriers include physical and non-physical means in different industries for
preventing the occurrences of hazardous events and mitigating the consequences in case …

Recent developments in technology and the move towards efficient utilisation of resources
have inspired researchers and practitioners to come up with cost-effective approaches to …

The performance of many engineering systems in their lifetimes can be modeled as multiple
states to facilitate operational decision-making. Based on the information that the system is …

A novel safety integrity levels (SILs) determination methodology based on multiphase
dynamic Bayesian networks (MDBNs) for safety instrumented systems is proposed. Proof …

Abstract Common Cause Failures (CCFs) can compromise reliability performance of safety
related systems and hence configurations with identical redundant units receive special …

The technology of oil and gas production is associated with significant hazards. Safety
Instrumented Systems (SIS) are designed to ensure proper and safe operations in this …

Safety-instrumented systems (SISs) have been widely installed to prevent accidental events
and mitigate their consequences. Mechanical final elements of SISs often become …

Safety-instrumented systems (SISs) have been widely installed to lower risks of
equipment/process by performing the designed safety functions in cases of demands. Final …

IEC 61508 is a standard on design and operation of safety-instrumented systems (SISs)
which has been adapted by many national regulations as the recommended way to achieve …

One of the challenges in the use of Markov model in reliability analysis is the exponential
growth of number of states and transition rates when the system gets complex. In reliability …