Title :
Limitations of Minimal Cut-Set Approach in Evaluating Reliability of Systems with Repairable Components
Author_Institution :
C.N.E.N., RIT-TECN Laboratorio Strumentazione; CSN Casaccia; S.P. Anguillarese km 1,3; 00100 Rome, ITALY.
Abstract :
This work shows that, when system components are repairable, system reliability cannot be evaluated exactly by means of the fault tree approach; only a system reliability lower bound can be obtained.
Keywords :
Convolution; Fault trees; Kinetic theory; Laplace equations; Maintenance; Markov processes; Reliability theory; Upper bound; Bad as old; Good as new; Minimal cut parallel system; Renewal process;
Journal_Title :
Reliability, IEEE Transactions on
DOI :
10.1109/TR.1981.5221106
