... on the standard fault tree/event tree approach, which assumes failure rates to be constant. However, this ignores the impact of aging degradation and results in static estimates of expected generation loss. Component and equipment degradation not only increases the probability of failure over time, but also...

... the impact of nonperfect diagnostic coverage on the reliability and safety of distributed engine control systems. The method is based on a probabilistic analysis that combines fault trees and Markov chains. The input parameters for these models include failure rates as well as several coverage factors...