The mathematical formulation for the event sequence diagram framework

Abstract The Event Sequence Diagram (ESD) framework allows modeling of dynamic situations of interest to PRA analysts. A qualitative presentation of the framework was given in an earlier article. The mathematical formulation for the components of the ESD framework is described in this article. The formulation was derived from the basic probabilistic dynamics equations. For tackling certain dynamic non-Markovian situations, the probabilistic dynamics framework was extended. The mathematical treatment of dependencies among fault trees in a multi layered ESD framework is also presented.

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