Title :
Dependability Evaluation of Integrated Hardware/Software Systems
Author :
Stark, George E.
Author_Institution :
MITRE Corporation; 1120 NASA Road One; Houston, Texas 77058 USA.
Abstract :
A methodology for predicting the dependability (reliability and availability) of an integrated realtime hardware/software system using a semi-Markov process is described. This methodology was used to evaluate the reliability of the shuttle mission simulators at the NASA Johnson Space Center.
Keywords :
Analytical models; Availability; Computational modeling; Degradation; Hardware; Management training; Reliability engineering; Software reliability; Software systems; Space shuttles; Availability; Semi-Markov process; Transition probability;
Journal_Title :
Reliability, IEEE Transactions on
DOI :
10.1109/TR.1987.5222435
