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most citedReliability Modeling and Analysis of Communication Networks

115 citations · 161 across the 10 of their papers we have counts for

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eess.SP2020★ 1 cited

ETMA: A New Software for Event Tree Analysis with Application to Power Protection

Mohamed Abdelghany, Waqar Ahmad, Sofiene Tahar +1

Event Tree (ET) analysis is a widely used forward deductive safety analysis technique for decision-making at a system design stage. Existing ET tools usually provide Graphical User…

eess.SY2020★ 3 cited

A Formally Verified HOL4 Algebra for Event Trees

Mohamed Abdelghany, Waqar Ahmad, Sofiene Tahar

Event Tree (ET) analysis is widely used as a forward deductive safety analysis technique for decision-making at the critical-system design stage. ET is a schematic diagram represen…

cs.LO2018

Formal Probabilistic Analysis of Dynamic Fault Trees in HOL4

Yassmeen Elderhalli, Waqar Ahmad, Osman Hasan +1

Dynamic Fault Trees (DFTs) is a widely used failure modeling technique that allows capturing the dynamic failure characteristics of systems in a very effective manner. Simulation a…

cs.LO2017★ 2 cited

Dynamic Fault Trees Analysis using an Integration of Theorem Proving and Model Checking

Yassmeen Elderhalli, Osman Hasan, Waqar Ahmad +1

Dynamic fault trees (DFTs) have emerged as an important tool for capturing the dynamic behavior of system failure. These DFTs are then analyzed qualitatively and quantitatively usi…

cs.NI2016★ 115 cited

Reliability Modeling and Analysis of Communication Networks

Waqar Ahmed, Osman Hasan, Usman Pervez +1

In recent times, the functioning of various aspects of modern society---ranging from the various infrastructural utilities such as electrical power, water to socio-economical aspec…

cs.LO2016★ 17 cited

Formalization of Fault Trees in Higher-order Logic: A Deep Embedding Approach

Waqar Ahmed, Osman Hasan

Fault Tree (FT) is a standard failure modeling technique that has been extensively used to predict reliability, availability and safety of many complex engineering systems. In orde…

cs.LO2016★ 1 cited

Formal Availability Analysis using Theorem Proving

Waqar Ahmed, Osman Hasan

Availability analysis is used to assess the possible failures and their restoration process for a given system. This analysis involves the calculation of instantaneous and steady-s…

cs.SE2016★ 3 cited

Formal Dependability Modeling and Analysis: A Survey

Waqar Ahmed, Osman Hasan, Sofiene Tahar

Dependability is an umbrella concept that subsumes many key properties about a system, including reliability, maintainability, safety, availability, confidentiality, and integrity.…

cs.LO2015★ 3 cited

Towards Formal Fault Tree Analysis using Theorem Proving

Waqar Ahmed, Osman Hasan

Fault Tree Analysis (FTA) is a dependability analysis technique that has been widely used to predict reliability, availability and safety of many complex engineering systems. Tradi…

cs.LO2014★ 16 cited

Towards the Formal Reliability Analysis of Oil and Gas Pipelines

Waqar Ahmed, Osman Hasan, Sofiene Tahar +1

It is customary to assess the reliability of underground oil and gas pipelines in the presence of excessive loading and corrosion effects to ensure a leak-free transport of hazardo…