Title :
Reliability and Availability Basics
Author_Institution :
Electron. & Commun. Eng. Dept., Dogus Univ., Istanbul, Turkey
Abstract :
Basics of reliability analysis are reviewed, and elements of topological reliability models are introduced. The effectiveness of preventive maintenance in improving system service-life performance, and that of redundancy in improving system-availability performance, are discussed.
Keywords :
preventive maintenance; redundancy; reliability; availability basics; preventive maintenance; redundancy; reliability analysis; system availability performance; system service-life performance; topological reliability models; Availability; Costs; Intelligent sensors; Life estimation; Life testing; Performance analysis; Preventive maintenance; Redundancy; Reliability engineering; System testing; Reliability; availability; failure rate; life data testing; maintainability; redundancy; reliability estimation;
Journal_Title :
Antennas and Propagation Magazine, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/MAP.2009.5432110
