Title :
Reliability Analysis of a System Subject to Partial and Catastrophic Failures
Author :
Kontoleon, J. M. ; Kontoleon, Nadia
Author_Institution :
Hellenic Telecommunications Organization S.A. (O.T.E.), Research Dept., Patission 85, Athens, Greece
Abstract :
This note considers a system which is subject to both partial and catastrophic failures. A Markov process, continuous in time and with three discrete states is used to demonstrate the effect of the throw-away maintenance philosophy on reliability.
Keywords :
Degradation; Differential equations; Failure analysis; Laplace equations; Maintenance; Markov processes; Probability; Reliability engineering; Reliability theory;
Journal_Title :
Reliability, IEEE Transactions on
DOI :
10.1109/TR.1974.5215272
