Title :
A Simplified Method to Calculate Failure Times in Fault-Tolerant Systems
Author :
Seth, Sharad C. ; Lipsky, Lester
Author_Institution :
Department of Computer Science, University of Nebraska
Abstract :
A simplified method is presented to calculate moments of failure time and residual lifetime of a fault-tolerant system. The method is based on recent results in queueing theory. Its effectiveness is illustrated by considering a dual repairable system from the literature.
Keywords :
Failure-time distribution; fault-tolerant systems; mean residual life (MRL); mean time to failure (MTTF); renewal theory; Degradation; Differential equations; Fault tolerance; Fault tolerant systems; Integral equations; Matrices; Parametric study; Performance evaluation; Queueing analysis; Time measurement; Failure-time distribution; fault-tolerant systems; mean residual life (MRL); mean time to failure (MTTF); renewal theory;
Journal_Title :
Computers, IEEE Transactions on
DOI :
10.1109/TC.1983.1676315
