• DocumentCode
    1112984
  • Title

    On the Use of "Importance Weights" in Assessing Subsystem Reliability

  • Author

    Mallach, Efrem G.

  • Author_Institution
    Honeywell Information Systems
  • Issue
    4
  • fYear
    1973
  • fDate
    4/1/1973 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    424
  • Lastpage
    425
  • Abstract
    The importance of obtaining correct circuit outputs may vary from one input to another, along a continuum of "importance weights." Assigning such weights introduces a concept of degraded operation, where some relatively unimportant outputs may be in error. A simple procedure is given for assessing reliability using these weights.
  • Keywords
    Combinatorial networks, degraded operation, fault tolerance, importance weights, reliability.; Adders; Arithmetic; Circuit faults; Circuit testing; Clocks; Degradation; Electrons; Flip-flops; Hardware; Shift registers; Combinatorial networks, degraded operation, fault tolerance, importance weights, reliability.;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Computers, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9340
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/T-C.1973.223733
  • Filename
    1672326