Title :
Development of a MATLAB tool based on graph theory for evaluating reliability of complex mechatronic systems
Author :
Ahmad, A. ; Rizvi, M.A.K. ; Al-Lawati, A. ; Mohammed, I. ; Malik, A.S.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Sultan Qaboos Univ., Muscat, Oman
Abstract :
Evaluation of reliability is very important entity for the design and operation of systems. The safety, dependability, availability, Mean Time To Failure (MTTF), Mean Time Between Failure (MTBF), Mean Time To Repair (MTTR) and life cycle of the designed system can be judged from this reliability evaluation. For simple systems, the evaluation is straightforward. However, for complex systems, an algorithmic procedure is required. This paper presents an algorithmic procedure based on information matrices derived from graph theoretic approach. A simulation tool is developed that applies the algorithm to evaluate the reliability of complex systems.
Keywords :
graph theory; mechatronics; reliability; MATLAB tool; MTBF; MTTF; MTTR; algorithmic procedure; availability; complex mechatronic systems; complex systems; dependability; graph theory; information matrices; life cycle; mean time between failure; mean time to failure; mean time to repair; reliability evaluation; safety; simulation tool; Reliability theory; Tin; MATLAB; algorithm; connection matrix; cut set; graph theory; incidence matrix; reliability;
Conference_Titel :
GCC Conference and Exhibition (GCCCE), 2015 IEEE 8th
Conference_Location :
Muscat
DOI :
10.1109/IEEEGCC.2015.7060067
