Title :
Computer-aided Synthesis of Fault-trees
Author :
Lapp, Steven A. ; Powers, Gary J.
Author_Institution :
Department of Chemical Engineering; Carnegie-Mellon University; Pittsburgh, PA 15213 USA
fDate :
4/1/1977 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
An algorithm is presented for the synthesis of fault-trees. The fault-tree is deduced directly from a digraph (directed graph) model of the system being analyzed. The digraph describes the normal, failed, and conditional relationships which exist between variables and events in the system. A computer program which uses this algorithm is illustrated for a chemical processing system.
Keywords :
Equations; Fission reactors; Logic; Missiles; Probability; Safety; Statistical analysis; Statistics; Temperature; Transfer functions; Computer program; Computer-aided; Fault-tree synthesis;
Journal_Title :
Reliability, IEEE Transactions on
DOI :
10.1109/TR.1977.5215060
