Modeling and analysis of systems with multimode components and dependent failures

Author

Le, Khiern V. ; Li, Victor O K

Author_Institution

Univ. of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA

Volume

38

Issue

1

fYear

1989

fDate

4/1/1989 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

68

Lastpage

75

Abstract

A model for the reliability and performance analysis of systems where components can degrade in a statistically dependent manner is presented. This cause-based multimode model is based on the idea that deviations of components from the up state have underlying physical causes which can be explicitly identified and are statistically independent. The effects of several causes can be combined in a flexible manner. System reliability and performance measures can be computed approximately by considering the most probable states. Such states can be efficiently generated by algorithms developed for the earlier multimode, statistically independent failure model

Keywords

performance evaluation; reliability; statistical analysis; telecommunication networks; cause-based multimode model; component degradation; dependent failures; multimode components; performance analysis; reliability; statistically dependent manner; statistically independent failure model; Bit error rate; Communication networks; Degradation; Failure analysis; Interference; Noise reduction; Performance analysis; Probability; Reliability; Working environment noise;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Reliability, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9529

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/24.24576

Filename

24576