Use of the Goal Structuring Notation (GSN) as Generic Notation for an “EMC Assurance Case”

In this paper, the use of Goal Structuring Notation for an EMC Assurance Case is explored for the first time. Over the years, Goal Structuring Notation has become the standardized notation for so-called Safety Assurance Cases and has a large supporting community. Use of Goal Structuring Notation for the technical documentation related to compliance to the EMC Directive leads to argumentation in a clearer format than plain text. The basic elements of Goal Structuring Notation are explained and applied to two EMC-related use-cases: (i) a generic EMC assurance case for equipment that can be tested in an EMC test lab and (ii) the specific case of large machines, for which in-situ testing is often the only economically viable option.