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We describe the ideas and implementation of a model-based diagnosis system for digital circuits. Our work is based on Reiter's theory of diagnosis from first principles [14], incorporated with Hou's theory of measurements [17], to derive possible diagnoses in a fault diagnosis task. To determine the best order in which measurements are to be taken, a measurement selection strategy using the genetic algorithm (MSSGA) is proposed. A circuit description language for describing circuits hierarchically is given. An efficient propositional logic prover used for consistency checking based on the trie structure is developed [22]. An example run is given to illustrate the working of the system. Finally, a comparison with other systems is discussed, and possible extensions to our system are described.
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Han, B., Lee, SJ. & Yang, HT. A Model-Based Diagnosis System for Identifying Faulty Components in Digital Circuits. Applied Intelligence 10, 37–52 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1008333430997
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