Performability analysis: A new algorithm

IEEE Transactions on Computers

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 491-494

  Nabli, Hédi ^a   Sericola, Bruno ^a  

^a CAMPUS DE BEAULIEU   (France)

Author keywords

Fault tolerance; Markov processes; Performability; Performance; Reliability; Repairable systems; Uniformization

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000008499     PISSN: 00189340     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/12.494108     Document Type: Article

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