Title :
Analysis of Mission-Oriented Systems
Author :
Winokur, Herbert S., Jr. ; Goldstein, Lawrence J.
Author_Institution :
Auerbach Corporation.; Inner City Fund, Washington, D. C.
Abstract :
Several measures of system reliability that are applicable to a mission-oriented or time-dependent system are defined: 1) the probability that the system is in a given state at the end of a given mission phase; 2) the probability density function of the random variable time spent in a state, given that the system has just transited into that state; 3) the probability of mission success. Equations for 1)-3) are derived, and an application of the formulas performed for the Naval Air Development Center, Johnsville, Pa., is discussed.
Keywords :
Aerospace electronics; Defense industry; Equations; Helium; Materials reliability; Performance evaluation; Probability density function; Random variables; Reliability engineering; Reliability theory;
Journal_Title :
Reliability, IEEE Transactions on
DOI :
10.1109/TR.1969.5216341
