Fault Tree Analysis, Methods, and Applications - A Review

IEEE Transactions on Reliability

Volumn R-34, Issue 3, 1985, Pages 194-203

  Lee, W S ^a   Grosh, D L ^a   Tillman, F A ^a   Lie, C H ^b  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Fault tree analysis; Literature review; Purpose: Present a literature survey; Reader Aids; Results useful to: System theoreticians and reliability engineers; Special math needed for explanations: Probability; Special math needed to use results: None

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; COMPUTER PROGRAMMING - APPLICATIONS;

COMPUTER CODES; FAULT-TREE ANALYSIS;

RELIABILITY THEORY;

EID: 0022102587     PISSN: 00189529     EISSN: 15581721     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TR.1985.5222114     Document Type: Article

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