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	Risk-Based Fault Tree Analysis	Risk-Based Reliability Analysis
Ämnesområde	Försöksplanering	Försöksplanering
Familj	Process / pipeline	Process / pipeline
Ursprungsår	1961 (FTA origin); risk-based integration formalised 1975–1981	1960s–1990s (risk-informed frameworks codified ~1980s–1990s)
Upphovsperson	H.A. Watson (Bell Labs) and developed further by Boeing/U.S. Air Force; risk-based extension via NRC probabilistic risk assessment programs	Multiple contributors; formalized in reliability engineering literature from the 1960s onward (MIL-HDBK-217, IEC 60300 series)
Typ	Quantitative safety and reliability analysis	Quantitative / semi-quantitative engineering analysis
Ursprungskälla	Vesely, W. E., Goldberg, F. F., Roberts, N. H., & Haasl, D. F. (1981). Fault Tree Handbook. U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, NUREG-0492.	Modarres, M., Kaminskiy, M., & Krivtsov, V. (2006). Reliability Engineering and Risk Analysis: A Practical Guide (2nd ed.). CRC Press. ISBN: 978-0849392016
Alias	RB-FTA, risk-informed FTA, quantitative fault tree analysis, probabilistic fault tree analysis	RBRA, risk-informed reliability analysis, risk-based dependability analysis, probabilistic risk and reliability assessment
Närliggande	6	6
Sammanfattning	Risk-based fault tree analysis (RB-FTA) combines classical fault tree analysis with explicit quantitative risk assessment. Starting from an undesired top event, the analyst decomposes it into contributing causes using AND/OR logic gates, assigns failure probabilities to basic events from reliability databases or historical data, and then propagates those probabilities through the tree to compute top-event likelihood. The result is expressed as risk — probability weighted by consequence severity — enabling prioritisation of safety interventions by their actual risk reduction impact.	Risk-based reliability analysis (RBRA) is an engineering methodology that combines classical reliability analysis — quantifying failure rates, component lifetimes, and system dependability — with risk assessment frameworks that weigh the severity and consequences of each failure mode. By ranking failures according to both their likelihood and their impact, RBRA guides engineers in allocating inspection, maintenance, and redesign resources where they matter most, rather than treating all potential failures as equally important.