FATRAM—A Core Efficient Cut-Set Algorithm

IEEE Transactions on Reliability

Volumn R-27, Issue 4, 1978, Pages 250-253

  Rasmuson, D M ^a   Marshall, N H ^a  

^a EGG Idaho Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Fault tree; Logic model; Minimal cut set

Indexed keywords

RELIABILITY;

FATRAM ALGORITHM; FAULT TREES; LOGIC MODELS; MINIMAL CUT SETS;

COMPUTER PROGRAMMING;

EID: 0018020091     PISSN: 00189529     EISSN: 15581721     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TR.1978.5220353     Document Type: Article

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