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This paper presents a framework for an automated safety methodology that: (1) generates fault-trees from code, and (2) then applies a fault-injection based technique to mitigate the potential for non-root nodes to cause hazardous outputs. This methodology reads in source code and user-defined hazards, builds the fault-tree, and then feeds the fault-tree, code, and user-defined operational profile to a mitigator routine that estimates the frequency with which the event in the root node can occur. Preferably this frequency will be zero, but if not, this methodology will allow a user to quickly assign non-zero probabilities to events that could result in hazards.
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Voas, J.M., Miller, K.W. (1995). An Automated Code-Based Fault-Tree Mitigation Technique. In: Rabe, G. (eds) Safe Comp 95. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-3054-3_5
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