GRAFTED - GRAphical Fault Tree EDitor: A Fault Tree Description Program For Target Vulnerability/Survivability Analysis. User Manual

Abstract

A computer program GRAFTED, GRAphical Fault Tree EDitor , has been written to simplify data entry and modification of component fault tree descriptions (FTD) used in military platform vulnerability/survivability analysis. GRAFTED uses a unique, graphical, screen based data entry procedure to define and display both individual system component parameters, and their hierarchical relationship in the overall system FTD. The generated component and system FTD output is in a format ti-iat is directly readable by the MRL version of the General Vulnerability Assessment Model, (GVAM), suite of computer programs. Although GRAFTED was specifically designed to generate FTDs for GVAM, it could be easily modified to accommodate data input formats and FTD output for other assessment procedures that require user friendly data entry and graphical fault tree editing and visualisation. This version of GRAFTED was written specifically for Tektronix UNIX workstations, and only runs on these machines. Fault tree, Vulnerability, Survivability.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 1993
Accession Number
ADA277067

Entities

People

  • Frank J. Tkalcevic
  • Mark Webster
  • Michael E. Buckland

Organizations

  • Defence Science and Technology Group

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Australia
  • Computer Programs
  • Computers
  • Engineering
  • Engineers
  • Failure Mode And Effect Analysis
  • Guidance
  • Inertial Navigation
  • Manuals
  • Materials
  • Navigation
  • Survivability
  • Survival
  • User Friendly
  • User Manuals
  • Vulnerability

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