Diagnostic device for generating models representing the possible fault hypotheses. The set of possible diagnoses of fault hypotheses. Of or related to something that occasions or effects a result. Causal explanation Explains in terms of a cause preceding or simultaneous to the fact being explained. Causally ordered The set of constraints which may be applied in order.
Causal propagation See qualitative analysis .
Of, or relating to, unmeasurable , but observable , mental processes. Cognitive process Conflict set The complete set of assumptions underlying a detected discrepancy . Component A part of a system . Constraint A relation between a set of variables. For example an equation or an inequality.