Abstract:Abstract This paper presents a method for determining the reliability of large, complex systems. Repair is an integral part of the model proposed and the usual assumption of component independence nee...Abstract This paper presents a method for determining the reliability of large, complex systems. Repair is an integral part of the model proposed and the usual assumption of component independence need not be made. Recognizing the stochastic nature of an electronic system operating in time, the reliability of any system is defined in terms of a suitable stochastic process. This enables the use of powerful probabilistic techniques which have been developed in recent years. In particular, the theory of Markov processes can be readily applied. Given component repair and failure parameters, the reliability of the system at any specified time as well as the limiting reliability can easily be obtained. If the reliability requirement for the system is given, it is a routine matter to determine permissible values for the mean time to repair and the mean time to failure of each component.Read More
Publication Year: 1960
Publication Date: 1960-02-01
Language: en
Type: article
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