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The Cat Methodology for Fault Tree Construction
Steven L. Salem,George Apostolakis +1 more
- pp 109-128
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This paper presents a methodology for the systematic construction of fault trees based on decision tables and the construction of a fault tree from the decision tables is shown in a step by step fashion.Abstract:
This paper presents a methodology for the systematic construction of fault trees based on decision tables. The presentation is made through an example. The modeling capability of decision tables is demonstrated and the construction of a fault tree from the decision tables is shown in a step by step fashion.read more
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Process computer alarm and disturbance analysis: review of the state of the art
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HAZID, A COMPUTER AID FOR HAZARD IDENTIFICATION 1. The STOPHAZ Package and the HAZID Code: An Overview, the Issues and the Structure
S.A. McCoy,S.J. Wakeman,F.D. Larkin,M. Jefferson,Paul W. H. Chung,A.G. Rushton,F.P. Lees,P.M. Heino +7 more
TL;DR: This is the first in a series of papers which describes progress in the emulation of hazard identification in the style of HAZOP, embodied in a computer aid for hazard identification, orHAZOP emulator, HAZID.
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The propagation of faults in process plants: 1. Modelling of fault propagation
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TL;DR: In this article, an interactive, computer-based facility has been developed for the investigation of fault propagation in process plants, including fault tree synthesis and alarm system design, while fault propagation has application not only to design methods such as hazard and operability studies and fault trees but also to computer alarm and trip systems.
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Automated HAZOP revisited
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The propagation of faults in process plants: 6, overview of, and modelling for, fault tree synthesis
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A Formal Methodology for Fault Tree Construction
TL;DR: The model, called Synthetic Tree Model, is a synthesis technique for piecing together, with proper editing, a fault tree from system-independent component information beginnlng with the main failure of interest and proceeding to more basic failures.
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A new methodology for the computer-aided construction of fault trees
TL;DR: The method for systematically constructing fault trees for general complex systems is developed and is seen to be a tool for assisting in the work of fault tree construction rather than a replacement for the careful work of the fault tree analyst.
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Nuclear Systems Reliability Engineering and Risk Assessment
J. B. Fussell,G. R. Burdick +1 more
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Decision table development and application to the construction of fault trees
TL;DR: A computer code CAT (Computer Automated Tree) has been developed to automatically produce fault trees from decision tables to demonstrate the potential utility of such an automated approach to fault tree construction once a basic set of general decision tables have been developed.
ReportDOI
CAT: a computer code for the automated construction of fault trees. [In FORTRAN]
TL;DR: A computer code, CAT (Computer Automated Tree), is presented which applies decision table methods to model the behavior of components for systematic construction of fault trees.
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