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A computer code for evaluating the unreliability/unavailability of complex systems defined in the fault-tree representation is described. It uses a successive reductions approach with pattern recognition; the realization is based on various programming techniques from IBM PL/1 language. The code can take into account several present-day problems: multi-dependencies treatment, uncertainties in the reliability data parameters, influence of common mode failures … The code has been running steadily for two years.
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Blin, A. et al. (1980). PATREC, a Computer Code for Fault-Tree Calculations. In: Apostolakis, G., Garribba, S., Volta, G. (eds) Synthesis and Analysis Methods for Safety and Reliability Studies. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-3036-3_2
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