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Description
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State
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A figure that represents a good, failed, or degraded state of the system. A state is inserted for each good, failed, and degraded system state to consider in the analysis. The initial or primary state has a bold arrow pointing to it. This system state is usually where all equipment is operational. Calculation properties are assigned to all system states.
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Transition
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The lines that connect the states to indicate the transitions that can occur between states. Transitions can join any two states. A repair rate is assigned to each transition. The points at which transitions attach to a state are called connection points.
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Label
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A text string that provides information that might be necessary or helpful to understanding the Markov diagram.
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