Title :
AFTP Fault Tree Analysis Program
Author :
Pullen, Richard A.
Author_Institution :
Nuclear Services; SIA Ltd.; Warwickgate House; Warwick Road; Manchester M16 0QQ, ENGLAND.
fDate :
6/1/1984 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
Evaluation of the cut sets of large s-coherent and non-coherent fault trees presents a severe computational problem. The computer program, AFTP has been used to evaluate the important minimal cut and path sets of large fault trees containing many hundreds of gates. The computational advantages of a Boolean algebra, bottom-up approach are emphasised.
Keywords :
Boolean algebra; Documentation; Error analysis; Failure analysis; Fault trees; Information analysis; Performance analysis; Performance evaluation; Reliability engineering; Risk analysis; Boolean algebra; Bottom-up approach; Fast computational technique; non-coherent fault tree; s-Coherent fault-tree;
Journal_Title :
Reliability, IEEE Transactions on
DOI :
10.1109/TR.1984.5221767
