Title :
Component modeling for reliability analysis by simulation
Author :
Alizadeh, Bijan ; Navabi, Zainalabedin
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Tehran Univ., Iran
Abstract :
This paper presents a method of reliability analysis by simulation. Hardware level modularity in creating a simulation model is achieved by use of the VHDL language. Each hardware component is individually modeled in VHDL for calculation of its failure time based on its reliability. VHDL simulation results are compared for common structures with known reliability analysis methods such as Markov model
Keywords :
circuit analysis computing; hardware description languages; reliability; systems analysis; VHDL; hardware level modularity; reliability analysis; simulation; simulation model; Aerospace control; Analytical models; Application software; Computational modeling; Costs; Design automation; Design methodology; Hardware; Military aircraft; Random number generation;
Conference_Titel :
VHDL International Users' Forum, 1997. Proceedings
Conference_Location :
Arlington, VA
Print_ISBN :
0-8186-8180-2
DOI :
10.1109/VIUF.1997.623954
