An Algorithm for Automatic Generation of Fault Tree from MFM Model

Abstract

Fault Tree Analysis (FTA) is a powerful technique and most widely applied in the domain of reliability engineering and Probabilistic Safety Analysis (PSA). However, the conventional construction of fault trees for a large and complex system is usually hard and time-consuming, and susceptible to human errors, and the validation and modification of fault trees are also difficult. GTST-MFM (Goal Tree Success Tree - Multilevel Flow Modeling) method has been proposed in author's previous work, based on the method, an algorithm for automatic generation of fault tree from the system's GTST-MFM model is presented in this paper. An example is also employed as an application of this translation algorithm. ©Springer 2010.