Some Aspects about Vagueness & Imprecision in Computer Network Fault-Tree Analysis
Keywords:
reliability analysis, networks, Dempster-Shafer Theory, fault treeAbstract
Based on the available information (eg.multiple functional faults or sensor errors give rise to similar alarm patterns or outcomes), some states in the behaviour of a network can not be distinguished from one another. So, the computer network’s fault tree reliability analysis frequently relies on imprecise or vague input data. The paper will use a Dempster-Shafer Theory to accommodate this vagueness and it will show how imprecision can give rise to false-negative, and false-positive inferences; there will be assigned upper and lower bounds for the probability on elements of the state space. After illustrating the computational simplicity of incorporating the Dempster-Shafer Theory probability assignments, we will apply them for analyzing the reliability of the network of our department.References
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