Title :
A simplified graphical method for deriving system steady-state probability
Author :
Arizono, Ikuo ; Yamamoto, Akio
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Ind. Eng., Osaka Prefectural Univ., Japan
fDate :
6/1/1993 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
A simplified graphical method for deriving the formula for steady-state probability distributions of a large system based on graph theory is introduced. The steady-state probability distributions for some D-out-of-N:F repairable systems are derived using this graphical method
Keywords :
failure analysis; graph theory; maintenance engineering; probability; reliability; D-out-of-N:F repairable systems; failure analysis; graph theory; maintenance; reliability; simplified graphical method; steady-state probability distributions; Biomedical engineering; Engineering management; Exponential distribution; Flow graphs; Joining processes; Markov processes; Probability distribution; Reliability theory; Steady-state; Terminology;
Journal_Title :
Reliability, IEEE Transactions on
