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There are two ways in which we can deal with this. There are two ways in which we can deal with this.
We could consider the component a composite We could consider the component a composite
of two simpler components, and model their interaction to of two simpler components, and model their interaction to
create a derived component. create a derived component (i.e. use FMMD on the simpler components).
The second way to do this would be to consider the combnations of non-mutually
exclusive {\fms} as new {\fms}: this approach is discussed below.
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This technique is outside the scope of this paper. This technique is outside the scope of this paper.
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\end{figure} \end{figure}
\paragraph{Combinations become new failure modes.} \paragraph{Combinations become new failure modes.}
Alternatively, we could consider the combinations We could consider the combinations
of the failure modes as new failure modes. of the non-mutually exclusive failure modes as new failure modes.
We can model this using an Euler diagram representation of We can model this using an Euler diagram representation of
an example component with three failure modes\footnote{OK is really the empty set, but the term OK is more meaningful in an example component with three failure modes\footnote{OK is really the empty set, but the term OK is more meaningful in
the context of component failure modes} $\{ B_1, B_2, B_3, OK \}$ see figure \ref{fig:combco}. the context of component failure modes} $\{ B_1, B_2, B_3, OK \}$ see figure \ref{fig:combco}.