Title :
Controllability and Fault Observability in Modular Combinational Circuits
Author_Institution :
University of Montreal
Abstract :
An extension of a methodology based on Boolean equations to fault detection in modular combinational networks is described. The resulting method allows for the use of cataloged module tests, and it is applicable under the single-faulty-module constraint. The conceptual and computational framework is rather simple, and it is independent of any particular data structure for representing Boolean functions.
Keywords :
Boolean equations; characteristic functions; combinational networks; fault detection; modular circuits; Boolean functions; Circuit faults; Circuit testing; Combinational circuits; Controllability; Electrical fault detection; Equations; Fault detection; Intelligent networks; Observability; Boolean equations; characteristic functions; combinational networks; fault detection; modular circuits;
Journal_Title :
Computers, IEEE Transactions on
DOI :
10.1109/TC.1978.1674968
