Title :
Stochastic Behaviour of a Special Complex System
Author_Institution :
Ministry of Defence//R & D Orgn//Dte of Scientific Evaluation//`M´ Block, Church Road//New Delhi - 110 001 INDIA
fDate :
6/1/1976 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
The system has three subsystems: A, B, C. A has several non-identical units in series. B has 2 identical units in parallel. C has 2 identical units in standby (cold) redundancy. Switching is perfect. Unit failure rates are constant, repair rates need not be constant. The system fails if A or B fails; C is useful, but not essential. The supplementary variable technique is used to find Laplace transforms of system state probabilities.
Keywords :
Automatic frequency control; Boundary conditions; Laplace equations; Markov processes; Redundancy; Reliability theory; Stochastic systems; Head-of-line; Redundancy; Repair discipline;
Journal_Title :
Reliability, IEEE Transactions on
DOI :
10.1109/TR.1976.5214994
