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Distributed Diagnosis and the System User
January 1988 (vol. 37 no. 1)
pp. 71-78
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S.E. Kreutzer, S.L. Hakimi, "Distributed Diagnosis and the System User," IEEE Transactions on Computers, vol. 37, no. 1, pp. 71-78, January, 1988.
 
 
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@article{ 10.1109/12.75141,
author = {S.E. Kreutzer and S.L. Hakimi},
title = {Distributed Diagnosis and the System User},
journal ={IEEE Transactions on Computers},
volume = {37},
number = {1},
issn = {0018-9340},
year = {1988},
pages = {71-78},
doi = {http://doi.ieeecomputersociety.org/10.1109/12.75141},
publisher = {IEEE Computer Society},
address = {Los Alamitos, CA, USA},
}
 
 
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KW - Kuhl-Reddy algorithm; distributed diagnosis; system user; near-optimal algorithms; computer testing; directed graphs; distributed processing; switching networks.
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The problem of how a user incapable of performing tests can diagnose a system, given the results of the Kuhl and Reddy algorithm, (1980 (3 paper), 1981), is addressed. In particular, the authors provide optimal or near-optimal algorithms for this purpose under a variety of assumptions.

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Index Terms:
Kuhl-Reddy algorithm; distributed diagnosis; system user; near-optimal algorithms; computer testing; directed graphs; distributed processing; switching networks.
Citation:
S.E. Kreutzer, S.L. Hakimi, "Distributed Diagnosis and the System User," IEEE Transactions on Computers, vol. 37, no. 1, pp. 71-78, Jan. 1988, doi:10.1109/12.75141
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