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