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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 12, 2021
Filed:
May. 08, 2019
Applicant:
Siemens Industry Software NV, Leuven, BE;
Inventors:
Assignee:
SIEMENS INDUSTRY SOFTWARE NV, Leuven, BE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 11/00 (2006.01); G06F 11/07 (2006.01); G05B 19/4155 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 11/079 (2013.01); G05B 19/4155 (2013.01); G06F 11/0736 (2013.01); G06F 11/0751 (2013.01); G06F 11/0793 (2013.01); G05B 2219/42227 (2013.01);
Abstract
Modeling a multi-component control or actuator system using a fault tree is provided, which solves the problem of ring closures included in a fault tree. To identify ring closures, failure propagation paths are back-traced and is checked if the respective failure propagation path forms a ring closure.