<abstract xml:lang="en" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>In complex industrial plants, there are usually many sensors and the modeling of plants leads to lots of mathematical relations. This paper presents a general method for finding all the possible testable subsystems, i.e., sets of relations that can lead to various types of detection tests. This method, which is based on structural analysis, provides the constraints that have to be used for the design of each detection test and manages situations where constraints contain non-deductible variables and where some constraints cannot be gathered in the same test. Thanks to these results, it becomes possible to select the most interesting testable subsystems regarding detectability and diagnosability criteria. Application examples dealing with a road network, a digital counter and an electronic circuit are presented.</p></abstract>

In complex industrial plants, there are usually many sensors and the modeling of plants leads to lots of mathematical relations. This paper presents a general method for finding all the possible testable subsystems, i.e., sets of relations that can lead to various types of detection tests. This method, which is based on structural analysis, provides the constraints that have to be used for the design of each detection test and manages situations where constraints contain non-deductible variables and where some constraints cannot be gathered in the same test. Thanks to these results, it becomes possible to select the most interesting testable subsystems regarding detectability and diagnosability criteria. Application examples dealing with a road network, a digital counter and an electronic circuit are presented.

A new efficient and flexible algorithm for the design of testable subsystems

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International Journal of Applied Mathematics and Computer Science

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In complex industrial plants, there are usually many sensors and the modeling of plants leads to lots of mathematical relations. This paper presents a general...

A new efficient and flexible algorithm for the design of testable subsystems

Online veröffentlicht: 25. März 2010

Seitenbereich: 175 - 190

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/v10006-010-0013-7

Schlüsselwörter
automatic test design, structural approach, fault diagnosis, analytical redundancy relations, relational algebra

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A new efficient and flexible algorithm for the design of testable subsystems

Online veröffentlicht: 25. März 2010

Seitenbereich: 175 - 190

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/v10006-010-0013-7

Schlüsselwörterautomatic test design, structural approach, fault diagnosis, analytical redundancy relations, relational algebra

This content is open access.

Schlüsselwörter
automatic test design, structural approach, fault diagnosis, analytical redundancy relations, relational algebra