R0050/2026-03-31-02/Q002/SRC05
Fault Tree Analysis — top-down deductive failure analysis with Boolean logic
Source
| Field |
Value |
| Title |
Fault tree analysis |
| Publisher |
Wikipedia (referencing NRC NUREG-0492, IEC 61025) |
| Author(s) |
H.A. Watson / Bell Labs (original, 1962) |
| Date |
Current Wikipedia article |
| URL |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fault_tree_analysis |
| Type |
Reference article |
Summary
| Dimension |
Rating |
| Reliability |
Medium-High |
| Relevance |
Medium-High |
| Bias: Missing data |
Low risk |
| Bias: Measurement |
N/A |
| Bias: Selective reporting |
Low risk |
| Bias: Randomization |
N/A — not an RCT |
| Bias: Protocol deviation |
N/A — not an RCT |
| Bias: COI/Funding |
Low risk |
Rationale
| Dimension |
Rationale |
| Reliability |
Codified in multiple industry standards (NRC, SAE, IEC, MIL-HDBK) |
| Relevance |
Demonstrates deductive, top-down evidence evaluation methodology not found in reference set |
| Bias flags |
No significant concerns |
| Evidence ID |
Summary |
| SRC05-E01 |
FTA contributes Boolean logic gates for causal reasoning and top-down deductive analysis |