Title : 
Reliability of Systems with Standby Components
         
        
        
            Author_Institution : 
Operations Analysis Department, Martin Marietta Corporation, Orlando, Fla.; Computer Technology, Inc., Arlington, Tex.
         
        
        
        
        
        
            Abstract : 
A method is introduced for approximating the reliability of a large complex system with standby components. It is done by substituting an approximate simple model for the more complex system. Each part of the model has a simple formula for its reliability.
         
        
            Keywords : 
Design engineering; Monte Carlo methods; Redundancy; Reliability engineering;
         
        
        
            Journal_Title : 
Reliability, IEEE Transactions on
         
        
        
        
        
            DOI : 
10.1109/TR.1970.5216377