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Revision as of 23:47, 24 May 2015
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Definitions
European Definitions
DIESIS project
The DIESIS project [1] gives the following definition:
Fault trees represent fault sequences of components in which each component is logically decomposed into sub-components (CXX). In a Fault Tree, leaves represent failures of sub-components (fault causes), and the logical nodes are the faults (consequences) of the components.
Other International Definitions
United Nations’ Definition
National Definitions
United States
Fault tree is a graphical tool used to illustrate the range, probability, and interaction of causal occurrences that lead to a final outcome. [2]
