Performance and dependability analysis of fault-tolerant networks

Microelectronics Reliability

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 307-321

  Brenner, A ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY; ELECTRIC NETWORK ANALYSIS; FAILURE ANALYSIS; FAULT TOLERANT COMPUTER SYSTEMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PERFORMANCE; RANDOM PROCESSES;

COMPLEXITY REDUCTION; DEPENDABILITY ANALYSIS; FAULT TOLERANT NETWORKS; PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS; STOCHASTIC REWARD MODELS;

RELIABILITY THEORY;

EID: 0030106414     PISSN: 00262714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0026-2714(95)00128-X     Document Type: Article

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