DocumentCode
3795817
Title
Reliability analyses for a tree-structured hierarchic control system
Author
M. Vujosevic;M. Sucur;A. Senborn
Author_Institution
Mihajlo Pupin Inst., Belgrade, Yugoslavia
Volume
41
Issue
2
fYear
1992
Firstpage
190
Lastpage
192
Abstract
Mathematical models for reliability calculations of a three-level centralized control system are given. The highest level is a central control unit which sends control messages to peripheral control units that process them and transmit appropriate instructions to the lowest level, the terminal units. The following probabilities are defined, modeled, and calculated: operating terminal reliability, branch reliability, group reliability, and system reliability.
Keywords
"Control systems","Centralized control","Control system synthesis","Tree data structures","Probability","Failure analysis","Mathematical model","Process control","Reliability","Terminology"
Journal_Title
IEEE Transactions on Reliability
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
0018-9529
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/24.257779
Filename
257779
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