A qualitative circuit simulator

Author

Lee, Mark H. ; Ormsby, Andrew R T

Author_Institution

Dept. of Comput. Sci., Univ. Coll. of Wales, Aberystwyth, UK

fYear

1991

fDate

1-2 Apr 1991

Firstpage

248

Lastpage

252

Abstract

The work described here is part of a larger project which is investigating various issues related to diagnosis and failure prediction in the context of automotive manufacturing. In particular, the goal is to produce prototype intelligent tools which will assist in the analysis of potential faults and hazard situations in evolving electrical circuit designs. The paper reports on the design and implementation of a qualitative electrical circuit simulator that can effectively model the structure and behaviour of systems under analysis. The simulator assigns labels to open and short circuit branches, finds current paths and determines directions of flow

Keywords

circuit analysis computing; digital simulation; electrical engineering computing; fault location; circuit analysis computing; current paths; digital simulation; electrical engineering computing; failure mode effects analysis; qualitative circuit simulator; Automotive engineering; Circuit faults; Circuit simulation; Computational modeling; Computer science; Design engineering; Expert systems; Failure analysis; Prototypes; Wiring;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

AI, Simulation and Planning in High Autonomy Systems, 1991. Integrating Qualitative and Quantitative System Knowledge, Proceedings of the Second Annual Conference on

Conference_Location

Cocoa Beach, FL

Print_ISBN

0-8186-2162-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/AIHAS.1991.138479

Filename

138479