A Nonhomogeneous Markov Model for Phased-Mission Reliability Analysis

IEEE Transactions on Reliability

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 1989, Pages 585-590

  Smotherman, Mark ^a   Zemoudeh, Kay ^b  

^a CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Markov modeling; Phased mission analysis

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; PROBABILITY--RANDOM PROCESSES;

MARKOV PROCESSES; NONHOMOGENEOUS MARKOV MODEL; PHASED-MISSION RELIABILITY ANALYSIS;

RELIABILITY THEORY;

EID: 0024906254     PISSN: 00189529     EISSN: 15581721     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/24.46486     Document Type: Article

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