Reliability Estimation of Fault-Tolerant Systems: Tools and Techniques

Computer

Volumn 23, Issue 7, 1990, Pages 52-61

  Geist, Robert ^a   Trivedi, Kishor ^b  

^a CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROBABILITY; RELIABILITY--ESTIMATION;

COMPUTER FAULT TOLERANCE; HEIRESS SIMULATION MODEL; HYBRID AUTOMATED RELIABILITY PREDICTOR (HARP); SEMI-MARKOV UNRELIABILITY RANGE ESTIMATOR (SURE); SYSTEM AVAILABILITY ESTIMATOR (SAVE);

COMPUTER SYSTEMS, DIGITAL;

EID: 0025453369     PISSN: 00189162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/2.56852     Document Type: Article

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