Title :
Comment on "Probabilistic Evaluation of Prime Implicants and Top-Events for Non-Coherent Systems
Author :
Jackson, Peter S.
Author_Institution :
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy; Combustion Engineering, Inc.; 9485-2405; 1000 Prospect Hill Rd.; Windsor, Connecticut 06095 USA.
fDate :
6/1/1982 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
The numerical example given by Inagaki & Henley to illustrate their methodology for the probabilistic evaluation of non-coherent systems contains incorrect calculations. Their otherwise satisfactory paper contains several numerical errors which appreciably affect the value of the top-event occurrence-probability and s-expected number of failures for their example.
Keywords :
Control systems; Exponential distribution; Probability; Reliability engineering; Reliability theory; Non-coherent system; Prime implicant; Unavailability; s-Expected number of failures;
Journal_Title :
Reliability, IEEE Transactions on
DOI :
10.1109/TR.1982.5221286
