Robotic systems probabilistic analysis

Microelectronics Reliability

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 211-224

  Dhillon, B S ^a   Fashandi, A R M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVAILABILITY; FAILURE ANALYSIS; INDUSTRIAL ROBOTS; MARKOV PROCESSES; PROBABILITY; RELIABILITY;

ROBOTIC SYSTEMS PROBABILISTIC ANALYSIS; SENSOR SYSTEMS;

ROBOTICS;

EID: 0031078165     PISSN: 00262714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0026-2714(96)00074-1     Document Type: Article

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