... be conveniently divided into four main stages: © MCB UP Limited 1996 Algorithms Computers Evaluation Qualitative techniques Validation Fault tree analysis was conceived and developed by Watson[ 1 ] in 1961‐1962 at the Bell laboratories as part of a collaborative research contract...

..., can be summarized as comprising: © MCB UP Limited 1996 Empirical studies Field research Methodology Qualitative techniques Quality management Quantitative techniques Blalock[ 6 ] has recently restated the argument that too much focus on sophisticated statistical analysis of data...