Multistate Block Diagrams and Fault Trees

1 August 1985

journal article
Published by Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) in IEEE Transactions on Reliability

Vol. R-34 (3) , 236-240
https://doi.org/10.1109/tr.1985.5222131

Abstract

This paper shows how to model a multistate system with multistate components using binary variables. This modeling technique allows current binary algorithms for block diagrams and fault trees to be applied to multistate systems. Several multistate examples are presented, and some cases in which computational efficiency can be enhanced are discussed.

Keywords

FAULT TREES
RELIABILITY ENGINEERING
STATE-SPACE METHODS
POWER GENERATION
COMPUTATIONAL EFFICIENCY
POWER SYSTEM RELIABILITY
TURBINES
VALVES
TEMPERATURE
SYSTEMS ENGINEERING AND THEORY

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IEEE Transactions on Reliability, 1984
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Published by Springer Nature ,1980
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IEEE Transactions on Reliability, 1979