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WHAT IS RELIABLE CONTROL?
Koichi Suyama*
* Tokyo University of Mercantile Marine
Koto-ku, Tokyo 135-8533, Japan
E-mail: suyama@ipc.tosho-u.ac.jp
Reliable control has been brought to attention by its contribution to system design according to the international standard on system safety, IEC 61508. This paper systematizes reliable control by clarifying its essence and meaning in accordance with the policy of IEC 61508. The systematization is indispensable for its further and great advances as the social environment surrounding system safety hopes.
Keywords: Safety, risk, fault-tolerant systems, standards
Session slot T-We-M13: Safety and Reliability in Computer Control/Area code 9e : Safety of Computer Control Systems
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