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Estimating the latent time of fault detection in finite automaton tested in real time

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The notions of potential and real latent times of fault detection in finite automata were introduced. The potential latent time is the minimal theoretical time of automaton fault detection, the real time is defined as the time of fault manifestation at a certain point. A method for determination of the statistical characteristics of both times for the automaton tested in the course of its real operation was proposed. It is based on selection of the trajectories of the Markov chain describing behavior of the operable and faulty automata. Additionally, a method for determination of the upper bound of the mean latent time in the case of limited information about the automaton characteristics was proposed.

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  1. Haifa Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel

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  2. Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel

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Original Russian Text © R. Goot, I. Levin, 2008, published in Avtomatika i Telemekhanika, 2008, No. 10, pp. 128–141.

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Goot, R., Levin, I. Estimating the latent time of fault detection in finite automaton tested in real time. Autom Remote Control 69, 1765–1777 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1134/S000511790810010X

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