Quality Control of Deco Planning Software?

[Carl_F]

I'm an engineer at a nuclear plant so we think about these things.

What quality control procedures have you seen in some of the deco planning software on the market? Are there standard test problems for the different algorithms that we can test the software fidelity?

I'm not questioning any particular software. And I'll be taking Advanced Nitrox/Deco Procedures early next year so am a noob to tech diving.

Thanks,

Carl

 

[Max Speed]

Compare your software plan to your tables to your computer. Make sure you are clear on all three before surfacing.

 

[Jack Hammer]

Remember...

It's decompression theory because it's still theoretical on many levels...

Plan conservative and learn how your body reacts over time

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[PfcAJ]

Bent? Yes or no

If not bent, algorithm worked.

 

[GrimSleeper]

Ross Hemingway puts this warning:

********* WARNING & DISCLAIMER *********
This MultiDeco generated dive schedule could indirectly kill you.
The author does not warrant that it accurately reflects the selected
decompression model algorithms, that it won't get you bent or dead, or that it
will produce safe, reliable results. This dive schedule is experimental
and you use it at your own risk. Diving in general is fraught with
risk, and decompression diving adds significantly more risk.
Deep diving utilizing multiple gasses, including Helium, is about
as risky as it gets.

on his software. Pretty much tells you all you need to know...

YOU are the quality control for most decompression-planning software, every time you dive a profile you've generated. The only way around that is to use something like DCIEM tables, or pay for commercial dive companies' proprietary software, which has generally been put through a lot of testing before use.

 

[Michael Guerrero]

Lol...enough said.