Assisting failure mode and effects analysis of a system comprising a plurality of components
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1. A method of assisting failure mode and effects analysis of a system having a plurality of components, the method comprising:
- obtaining data associated with at least one component and a group that includes the at least one component of the system;
associating the at least one component with component type data and the group that includes the at least one component with group type data, wherein each of the component type data and the group type data include data relating to at least one failure feature common to each instance of the at least one component and the group that includes the at least one component associated with a respective type; and
at least one of storing and transferring data of the at least one component, data of the group that includes the at least one component, component type data, and group type data for use in a failure mode and effects analysis of the system,wherein the data relating to the at least one failure feature includes a prior probability of the failure occurring, and at least one of a conditional probability of a symptom given one said failure, and a probability of a symptom given absence of any modeled failure.
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A method of assisting failure mode and effects analysis of a system having a plurality of components includes obtaining data associated with a component, or a group of components, of the system. The component or the group is associated with component type data or group type data, respectively, that includes data relating to at least one failure feature common to all components or groups, respectively, of that type. The component/group data and the component/group type data can then be stored and/or transferred for use in a failure mode and effects analysis of the system.
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1. A method of assisting failure mode and effects analysis of a system having a plurality of components, the method comprising:
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obtaining data associated with at least one component and a group that includes the at least one component of the system; associating the at least one component with component type data and the group that includes the at least one component with group type data, wherein each of the component type data and the group type data include data relating to at least one failure feature common to each instance of the at least one component and the group that includes the at least one component associated with a respective type; and at least one of storing and transferring data of the at least one component, data of the group that includes the at least one component, component type data, and group type data for use in a failure mode and effects analysis of the system, wherein the data relating to the at least one failure feature includes a prior probability of the failure occurring, and at least one of a conditional probability of a symptom given one said failure, and a probability of a symptom given absence of any modeled failure. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A computer program product including a non-transitory computer readable medium, having recorded thereon computer program code, wherein when the computer program product is loaded into a computer the computer executes a method of assisting failure mode and effects analysis of a system having a plurality of components, the method comprising:
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obtaining data associated with at least one component and a group that includes the at least one components of the system; associating the at least one component with component type data and the group that includes the at least one components with group type data, wherein each of the component type data and the group type data include data relating to at least one failure feature common to each instance of the at least one component and the group that includes the at least one component associated with a respective type; and at least one of storing and transferring the data of the at least one component, the data of the group that includes the at least one component, the component type data, and the group type data for use in a failure mode and effects analysis of the system, wherein the data relating to the at least one failure feature includes a conditional probability of a symptom given one said failure and at least one of a prior probability of the failure occurring, and a probability of a symptom given absence of any modeled failure. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. An apparatus adapted to assist failure mode and effects analysis of a system having a plurality of components, the apparatus comprising:
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a device adapted to obtain data associated with at least one component and a group that includes the at least one component of the system; a device adapted to associate the at least one component with component type data and the group that includes the at least one component with group type data, wherein each of the component type data and the group type data include data relating to at least one failure feature common to each instance of the at least one component and the group that includes the at least one component associated with a respective type; and a device for at least one of storing and transferring the data of the at least one component, the data of the group that includes the at least one component, the component type data, and the group type data for use in a failure mode and effects analysis of the system, wherein the data relating to the at least one failure feature includes a probability of a symptom given absence of any modeled failure and at least one of a conditional probability of a symptom given one said failure, and a prior probability of the failure occurring.
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