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Equivalence, Dominance, and Similarity Relations between Fault Pairs and a Fault Pair Collapsing Process for Fault Diagnosis
February 2010 (vol. 59 no. 2)
pp. 150-158
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Irith Pomeranz, Sudhakar M. Reddy, "Equivalence, Dominance, and Similarity Relations between Fault Pairs and a Fault Pair Collapsing Process for Fault Diagnosis," IEEE Transactions on Computers, vol. 59, no. 2, pp. 150-158, February, 2010.
 
 
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@article{ 10.1109/TC.2009.112,
author = {Irith Pomeranz and Sudhakar M. Reddy},
title = {Equivalence, Dominance, and Similarity Relations between Fault Pairs and a Fault Pair Collapsing Process for Fault Diagnosis},
journal ={IEEE Transactions on Computers},
volume = {59},
number = {2},
issn = {0018-9340},
year = {2010},
pages = {150-158},
doi = {http://doi.ieeecomputersociety.org/10.1109/TC.2009.112},
publisher = {IEEE Computer Society},
address = {Los Alamitos, CA, USA},
}
 
 
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JO - IEEE Transactions on Computers
TI - Equivalence, Dominance, and Similarity Relations between Fault Pairs and a Fault Pair Collapsing Process for Fault Diagnosis
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SN - 0018-9340
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EPD - 150-158
A1 - Irith Pomeranz,
A1 - Sudhakar M. Reddy,
PY - 2010
KW - Diagnostic fault simulation
KW - diagnostic test generation
KW - fault collapsing
KW - fault diagnosis
KW - fault dominance
KW - fault equivalence.
VL - 59
JA - IEEE Transactions on Computers
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Irith Pomeranz, Purdue University, West Lafayette,
Sudhakar M. Reddy, University of Iowa, Iowa City
Equivalence and dominance relations used earlier in fault diagnosis procedures are defined as relations between faults, similar to the relations used for fault collapsing. Since the basic entity of diagnostic fault simulation and test generation is a fault pair, and not a single fault, we introduce a framework where equivalence and dominance relations are defined for fault pairs. Using equivalence and dominance relations between fault pairs, we define a fault pair collapsing process, where fault pairs are removed from consideration under diagnostic fault simulation and test generation since they are guaranteed to be distinguished when other fault pairs are distinguished. Another concept, which was used earlier to enhance fault collapsing, is the level of similarity between faults. We extend this definition into a level of similarity between fault pairs and discuss its use for fault pair collapsing. The level of similarity encompasses equivalence and dominance relations between fault pairs, and extends them to allow additional fault pair collapsing.

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Index Terms:
Diagnostic fault simulation, diagnostic test generation, fault collapsing, fault diagnosis, fault dominance, fault equivalence.
Citation:
Irith Pomeranz, Sudhakar M. Reddy, "Equivalence, Dominance, and Similarity Relations between Fault Pairs and a Fault Pair Collapsing Process for Fault Diagnosis," IEEE Transactions on Computers, vol. 59, no. 2, pp. 150-158, Feb. 2010, doi:10.1109/TC.2009.112
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