A recursive method for breaking complex logic loops in Boolean system models

Reliability Engineering and System Safety

Volumn 92, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1473-1475

  Vaurio, Jussi K ^a  

^a LAPPEENRANTA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOOLEAN FUNCTIONS; FAULT TREE ANALYSIS; PROBLEM SOLVING; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS;

BOOLEAN SYSTEM MODELS; INTERMEDIATE GATES; LOGIC LOOPS;

RECURSIVE FUNCTIONS;

EID: 34250186466     PISSN: 09518320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ress.2006.09.020     Document Type: Article

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