Title :
Throughput availability in Markov systems
Author_Institution :
Div. Math. Appliquees, Tech. Univ. of Compiegne, France
fDate :
6/1/1992 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
Explicit formulations for throughput availability, demand availability, on-stream availability, availability at a particular level and time, limiting throughput availability, and mean throughput to first failure are developed in terms of discrete and continuous parameter Markov chains. These measures are particularly adapted to continuous production or transportation systems. A numerical example illustrates the results
Keywords :
Markov processes; reliability theory; continuous parameter Markov chains; demand availability; discrete Markov chains; limiting throughput availability; mean throughput to first failure; on-stream availability; production systems; reliability; throughput availability; transportation systems; Availability; Continuous production; Cooling; Failure analysis; Particle measurements; Performance evaluation; Production systems; Steady-state; Throughput; Time measurement;
Journal_Title :
Reliability, IEEE Transactions on
