Minimal Cut Sets

Minimal Cut Sets
Traditional solution of reliability block diagrams and fault trees involves the determination of the so-called minimal cut sets. Cut sets are the unique combinations of component failures that can cause system failure. Specifically, a cut set is said to be a minimal cut set if, when any basic event is removed from the set, the remaining events collectively are no longer a cut set [1].

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Kececioglu, D., Reliability Engineering Handbook, Volume 2, Prentice Hall, Inc., New Jersey, 1991.