Fault Tree 3
Fault Tree 3 : General. A method of analyzing potential outcomes which starts with the final event and works backwards, identifying all causes of the event, the contributing factors of those causes, etc., back to the basic events. Probabilities can be assigned to the basic events, and a likelihood thus estimated for the final event. See also: event tree. [AIHA, 2000: Risk Assessment Principles for the Industrial Hygienist]