Maintainability Application to System Effectiveness Quantification

A new mathematical technique has been developed in the description of approaches for maintainability applications to system effectiveness quantification. It promises to have high utility because the method itself is completely independent of the probability density function for downtime. This is particularly important where combinations of more than one malfunction are sufficiently important to warrant inclusion in the system effectiveness equation. The potential sensitivity of each term can be quickly estimated by referring to a table for the individual terms of the Poisson formula [7]. This method´s mathematical simplicity lends itself to hand computational techniques for small quantities of equipment. It is also easily computerized for more complicated systems.