DocumentCode
1342381
Title
A Reduction Technique for Obtaining a Simplified Reliability Expression
Author
Case, Thomas
Author_Institution
Raytheon Company; Submarine Signal Division; MS 155; P.O. Box 360; Portsmouth, RI 02871 USA.
Issue
4
fYear
1977
Firstpage
248
Lastpage
249
Abstract
A reduction technique is described for obtaining a simplified reliability expression (probability of success) when applied to the canonical form of minterms (having independent variables) such as those generated from a truth table format. The resulting terms are always mutually exclusive, which allows simple, direct transformation to a probability expression.
Keywords
Biographies; Boolean algebra; Computer aided software engineering; Reliability engineering; Reliability theory; Underwater vehicles; Reduction; Truth table; s-Independent events;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Reliability, IEEE Transactions on
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
0018-9529
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/TR.1977.5220141
Filename
5220141
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