Summary

Paperback. Fault detection, supervision and safety are an essential part of modern control engineering. In this publication, over two hundred experts from various fields and application areas present their latest results on reliability, availability and safety of technical processes, covering both theoretical and practical problems. Applications in all phases are covered, from design, start-up, operation, maintenance through to repair. Relevant methods and tools for monitoring, diagnosis and detection are discussed as well as the increasingly important topics of failure data collection and analysis, human factors and man-machine interfaces. This volume lays strong emphasis on applications and aims to promote further research and industrial co-operation.