A function-centered framework for reasoning about system failure at multiple levels of abstraction

Expert Systems

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 148-169

  Russomanno, David J ^a  

^a University of Memphis   (United States)

Author keywords

Abstract simulation; Computer assisted FMEA; Functional reasoning

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000405676     PISSN: 02664720     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1468-0394.00105     Document Type: Article

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