Automated fault tree analysis via AI/ES

Author

Kuzawinski, Karla M. ; Smurthwai, Richard

Author_Institution

Xerox Corp., Webster, NY, USA

fYear

1988

fDate

26-28 Jan 1988

Firstpage

331

Lastpage

335

Abstract

A description is given of FTA, an interactive fault tree analysis tool that integrates the creation of fault trees with the propagation of failure rates. This tool allows the engineer to create, modify and manipulate fault trees easily, and requires little instruction on how to use the software. The fault trees generated are directly used in the propagation of failure rates without having to exit from the design environment. FTA software runs on a Xerox 1100 series workstation and is written in Interslip-D. The workstation has a large bit-mapped screen, and users interact with the workstation by input through a keyboard or selection by a mouse

Keywords

artificial intelligence; expert systems; failure analysis; software packages; FTA; Interslip-D; Xerox 1100 series workstation; artificial intelligence; bit-mapped screen; expert systems; failure rates; interactive fault tree analysis tool; keyboard; mouse; software; Application software; Artificial intelligence; Computer interfaces; Design engineering; Failure analysis; Fault trees; Product design; Product development; Reliability engineering; User interfaces;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Reliability and Maintainability Symposium, 1988. Proceedings., Annual

Conference_Location

Los Angeles, CA

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ARMS.1988.196471

Filename

196471