A Systematic Fault Root Causes Tracing Method for Process Systems

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This paper proposes a method to integrate a root causes tracing method with a Signed Diagraph (ADG) model for fault diagnosis and abnormal event management in the process industry.

Keywords: RAMS 2011 Proceedings - Product Reliability - Reliability Model - Fault Tree Analysis