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.
引用
收藏
页码:275 / 284
页数:10
相关论文
共 16 条
[11]   SYNTHESIS OF FAULT TREES - EXAMPLE OF NONCOHERENCE [J].
LOCKS, MO .
IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON RELIABILITY, 1979, 28 (01) :2-5
[12]   INVERTING AND MINIMIZING BOOLEAN FUNCTIONS, MINIMAL PATHS AND MINIMAL CUTS - NONCOHERENT SYSTEM-ANALYSIS [J].
LOCKS, MO .
IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON RELIABILITY, 1979, 28 (05) :373-375
[13]   OPTIMAL COST-EFFECTIVE DESIGN OF TRIPLE-MODULAR-REDUNDANCY-WITH-SPARES SYSTEMS [J].
PHAM, H .
IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON RELIABILITY, 1993, 42 (03) :369-374
[14]  
RAI S, 1994, P A REL MAI, P475
[15]   APPROXIMATE FAULT-TREE ANALYSIS WITH PRESCRIBED ACCURACY [J].
SCHNEEWEISS, W .
IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON RELIABILITY, 1987, 36 (02) :250-254
[16]   DECOMPOSITION IN RELIABILITY-ANALYSIS OF FAULT-TOLERANT SYSTEMS [J].
TRIVEDI, KS ;
GEIST, RM .
IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON RELIABILITY, 1983, 32 (05) :463-468