Title :
On the Behaviour of Failure Frequency Bounds
Author_Institution :
Ministry of Transportation and Communications; Systems Research and Development Branch; 1201 Wilson Avenue; Downsview, Ontario M3M 1J8 CANADA
fDate :
4/1/1977 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
The behaviour of failure frequency bounds has been studied in this paper. The alternate bounds are indeed upper and lower bounds to the failure frequency. These bounds can diverge at intermediate steps though they finally converge to the exact value. The divergent behaviour is likely to occur when ¿/¿ is relatively large. It is preferrable to use the margin between fUimin and fLimax, rather than between fUi and fLi as the criterion for truncating the computations.
Keywords :
Frequency; Reliability engineering; Reliability theory; State-space methods; Steady-state; Upper bound; Altemating bounds; Bounds; Failure frequency bounds; Proof;
Journal_Title :
Reliability, IEEE Transactions on
DOI :
10.1109/TR.1977.5215078