Citation

Zipf G. Reliab. Eng. 1984; 7(3): 159-167.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1984, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

10.1016/0143-8174(84)90014-3

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

There are several different methods by which the minimal cut sets of a given fault tree can be computed. In this paper we shall discuss and compare three such methods. Two analytical methods, a bottom-up and a top-down algorithm, and a simulative method will be considered. Finally, a new analytical algorithm for the evaluation of the minimal cut sets is proposed.