In this paper we make a case for moving the level of test pattern generation for fabrication faults to the system level. Like many other researchers we feel it is necessary to handle the growing size and complexity of testing of digital systems. As the first step in this direction, system level fault models must be defined. Unlike logic level stuck-at fault models it is hard to define general f...

This paper presents a fault classification method for transmission lines based on voltage phasors using classification and regression trees (CART). The proposed method is intended to aid system operators in understanding the outputs of a PMU only state estimator. Faults are classified into four categories when the estimator is positive sequence and into ten categories when the estimator is thre...

Reliability is one of the key problems of an automatic system, especially to the huge, complex, multiple target-based, safety critical and reliability-dependent train control system. A system reliability analysis method based on a dynamic fault tree was proposed to analyse possible fault causes of a whole system in a HLA (High Level Architecture) simulation platform, and according to the princi...

In developing a software system, we would like to estimate the way in which the fault content changes during its development, as well determine the locations having the highest concentration of faults. In the phases prior to test, however, there may be very little direct information regarding the number and location of faults. This lack of direct information requires developing a fault surrogat...

Conclusions In this paper, we investigate the availability requirement for the fault management server in high-availability communication systems. According to our study, we find that the availability of the fault management server does not need to be 99.999% in order to guarantee a 99.999% system availability as long as the fail-safe ratio (the probability that the failure of the fault managem...

Fault containment is an important constituent of fault tolerance. Means for fault containment allow a system to limit the impact of manifested faults to some predefined system boundaries. This document presents some of the best known techniques for fault containment formatted as design patterns. These patterns are elicited from the areas of self-stabilization, specification closure and fault to...

 Protective relays work in concert with sensing and control devices to accomplish their function. Under normal power system operation, a protective relay remains idle and serves no active function. But when fault or undesirable condition arrives Relay must be operated and function correctly.  A Power System consists of various electrical components like Generator, transformers, transmission l...

Due to the complexity of modern manufacturing and mechanical equipments, it is difficult for equipment users or maintainers to accomplish fault diagnosis independently. In this paper, the development history of fault diagnosis technology is surveyed and investigated, especially remote fault diagnosis system based on Internet in detail. Then, a remote fault diagnosis system based on grid computi...