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Back to Basics: What Is a Fault Tree Analysis?
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Back to Basics: What Is a Fault Tree Analysis?

Use a general conclusion to determine specific causes of a system failure

Publication:
Quality Progress
Date:
March 2002
Issue:
Volume 35 Issue 3
Pages:
pp. 120
Author(s):
Pilot, Simha
Organization(s):
SPC Consultants, Israel

Abstract

The fault tree analysis (FTA) was first introduced by Bell Laboratories and is one of the most widely used methods in system reliability, maintainability and safety analysis. It is a deductive procedure used to determine the various combinations of hardware and software failures and human errors that could cause undesired events (referred to as top events) at the system level.

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