DocumentCode
1317081
Title
Reliability Analysis of a System Subject to Partial and Catastrophic Failures
Author
Kontoleon, J. M. ; Kontoleon, Nadia
Author_Institution
Hellenic Telecommunications Organization S.A. (O.T.E.), Research Dept., Patission 85, Athens, Greece
Issue
4
fYear
1974
Firstpage
277
Lastpage
278
Abstract
This note considers a system which is subject to both partial and catastrophic failures. A Markov process, continuous in time and with three discrete states is used to demonstrate the effect of the throw-away maintenance philosophy on reliability.
Keywords
Degradation; Differential equations; Failure analysis; Laplace equations; Maintenance; Markov processes; Probability; Reliability engineering; Reliability theory;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Reliability, IEEE Transactions on
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
0018-9529
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/TR.1974.5215272
Filename
5215272
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