Title : 
Numerical Solution of Integral Equations for Reliability Quantification
         
        
            Author : 
Ikebe, Yasuhiko ; Inagaki, Toshiyuki
         
        
            Author_Institution : 
Institute of Information Sciences and Electronics; University of Tsukuba; Ibaraki 305 JAPAN.
         
        
        
        
            fDate : 
4/1/1985 12:00:00 AM
         
        
        
        
            Abstract : 
This paper gives a numerical method for solving a linear system of integral equations whose solution is the set of unconditional failure and repair intensities of a component, where the component life and repair times are arbitrarily distributed. Our method gives a sequence of solutions that converges to the true solution of the system of integral equations. An example illustrates our method.
         
        
            Keywords : 
Eigenvalues and eigenfunctions; Failure analysis; Gaussian processes; Integral equations; Linear systems; Mathematics; Reliability theory; Safety; Tin; Vectors; Failure and repair intensities; Integral equation;
         
        
        
            Journal_Title : 
Reliability, IEEE Transactions on
         
        
        
        
        
            DOI : 
10.1109/TR.1985.5221937