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\section{The Symptom Extraction Process}
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\paragraph{Symptom Extraction Described}
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The objective of `symptom extraction' is to analyse the functional~group and find
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how it can fail
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when specified components within it fail.
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Once we know how functional~group can fail, we can treat it as a component or sub-system
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with its own set of failure modes.
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\paragraph{FMEA applied to the Functional Group}
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As the functional~group is a set of components, the failure~modes
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that we have to consider are all the failure modes of its components.
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Each failure mode (or combination of) investigated is termed a `test case'.
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Each `test case' is analysed.
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The component failure modes in each test case
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are examined with respect to their effect on the functional~group.
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The aim of this analysis is to find out how the functional~group reacts
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to each of the test case conditions.
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The goal of the process is to produce a set of failure modes from the perspective of the functional~group.
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\paragraph{Symptom Identification}
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When all `test~cases' have been analysed, a second phase is applied.
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This looks at the results of the `test~cases' as symptoms
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of the sub-system.
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Single component failures (or combinations) within the functional~group may cause unique symptoms.
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However, many failures, when looked at from the perspective of the functional group, will have the same symptoms.
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These can be collected as `common symptoms'.
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To go back to the CD~player example, a failed
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output stage, and a failed internal audio amplifier,
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will both cause the same failure; $no\_sound$ !
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\paragraph{Collection of Symptoms}
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The common symptoms of failure and lone~component failure~modes are identified and collected.
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We can now consider the functional~group as a component and the common symptoms as its failure modes.
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Note that here because the process is bottom up, we can ensure that all failure modes
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associated with a functional~group have been handled.
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Were failure~modes missed, any failure mode model could be dangerously incomplete.
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It is possible here for an automated system to flag unhandled failure modes.
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\ref{requirement at the start}
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