TY - JOUR
T1 - Fault tree analysis
T2 - A survey of the state-of-the-art in modeling, analysis and tools
AU - Ruijters, Enno J.J.
AU - Stoelinga, Mariëlle I.A.
N1 - This is the journal published version of technical report http://eprints.eemcs.utwente.nl/25404/
PY - 2015/5/5
Y1 - 2015/5/5
N2 - Fault tree analysis (FTA) is a very prominent method to analyze the risks related to safety and economically critical assets, like power plants, airplanes, data centers and web shops. FTA methods comprise of a wide variety of modelling and analysis techniques, supported by a wide range of software tools. This paper surveys over 150 papers on fault tree analysis, providing an in-depth overview of the state-of-the-art in FTA. Concretely, we review standard fault trees, as well as extensions such as dynamic FT, repairable FT, and extended FT. For these models, we review both qualitative analysis methods, like cut sets and common cause failures, and quantitative techniques, including a wide variety of stochastic methods to compute failure probabilities. Numerous examples illustrate the various approaches, and tables present a quick overview of results.
AB - Fault tree analysis (FTA) is a very prominent method to analyze the risks related to safety and economically critical assets, like power plants, airplanes, data centers and web shops. FTA methods comprise of a wide variety of modelling and analysis techniques, supported by a wide range of software tools. This paper surveys over 150 papers on fault tree analysis, providing an in-depth overview of the state-of-the-art in FTA. Concretely, we review standard fault trees, as well as extensions such as dynamic FT, repairable FT, and extended FT. For these models, we review both qualitative analysis methods, like cut sets and common cause failures, and quantitative techniques, including a wide variety of stochastic methods to compute failure probabilities. Numerous examples illustrate the various approaches, and tables present a quick overview of results.
KW - 2019 OA procedure
KW - Dependability evaluation
KW - Graphical models
KW - Fault trees
KW - Risk analysis
KW - Dynamic fault trees
KW - Reliability
U2 - 10.1016/j.cosrev.2015.03.001
DO - 10.1016/j.cosrev.2015.03.001
M3 - Article
SN - 1574-0137
VL - 15-16
SP - 29
EP - 62
JO - Computer science review
JF - Computer science review
ER -