An environmental effects model of the simplex system and its analysis

Author

Woodham, Sara-Anne ; Pet-Edwards, Julia

Author_Institution

Syst. Eng., Virginia Univ., Charlottesville, VA, USA

fYear

1991

fDate

13-16 Oct 1991

Firstpage

737

Abstract

The decision-making process involved in the design of fault-tolerant systems is predicated largely on the assumption of components failing independently and obeying the exponential failure law. That model is advanced by incorporating explicitly modeled environmental effects, by way of gamma and beta distributions. The behavior of the resultant distributions is analyzed, and the implications of these models for the multiobjective risk analytic process are discussed

Keywords

failure analysis; probability; reliability theory; statistical analysis; beta distributions; component failure models; environmental effects model; exponential failure law; fault-tolerant systems; gamma distribution; multiobjective risk analytic process; probability distribution functions; reliability; simplex system; Decision making; Design engineering; Distribution functions; Environmental factors; Fault tolerant systems; Independent component analysis; Probability density function; Probability distribution; Risk analysis; Systems engineering and theory;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, 1991. 'Decision Aiding for Complex Systems, Conference Proceedings., 1991 IEEE International Conference on

Conference_Location

Charlottesville, VA

Print_ISBN

0-7803-0233-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICSMC.1991.169774

Filename

169774