Title :
Equivalent Rate Approach to Semi-Markov Processes
Author_Institution :
Department of Electrical Engineering; Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843 USA.
Abstract :
This paper presents an approach for obtaining the steady state indices of a semi-Markov process by representing it by an equivalent Markov process.
Keywords :
Biographies; Frequency conversion; Markov processes; Reliability; State-space methods; Steady-state; Equivalent rate; Failure frequency; Failure probability; Semi-Markov;
Journal_Title :
Reliability, IEEE Transactions on
DOI :
10.1109/TR.1980.5220820
