Optimal reliability of systems subject to imperfect fault-coverage

被引:50
作者
Amari, SV [1 ]
Dugan, JB
Misra, RB
机构
[1] Indian Inst Technol, Dept Ind Engn & Management, Ctr Reliabil Engn, Kharagpur 721302, W Bengal, India
[2] Univ Virginia, Dept Elect Engn, Charlottesville, VA 22903 USA
关键词
imperfect fault-coverage; fault-tolerant system; optimization; common-cause failure; system reliability;
D O I
10.1109/24.799899
中图分类号
TP3 [计算技术、计算机技术];
学科分类号
0812 ;
摘要
This paper maximizes the reliability of systems subjected to imperfect fault-coverage. The results include the effect of common-cause failures and 'maximum allowable spare limit'. The generalized results are presented and then the policies for some specific systems are given. The systems considered include parallel, parallel-series, series-parallel, k-out-of-n, and NMR (k-out-of-(2k-1)) systems. The results are generalized for the non s-identical component case.
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页码:275 / 284
页数:10
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