MOFA: A model for fault & availability in complex services

IEEE Transactions on Reliability

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 222-232

  Varvarigou, Theodora A ^a   Ahuja, Sudhir ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Asset allocation; Availability; Degradable complex service

Indexed keywords

AVAILABILITY; FAILURE ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES;

ASSET ALLOCATION; MODEL FOR FAULT AND AVAILABILITY (MOFA); MULTIMEDIA COMMUNICATION SERVICES;

RELIABILITY;

EID: 0031163976     PISSN: 00189529     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/24.589950     Document Type: Article

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45. theodora@ced.tuc.gr Dr. Sudhir R. Ahuja; Lucent Technologies; Holmdel, New Jersey 07733 USA. sra@dnrc.bell-labs.com Publisher Item Identifier S 0018-9529(97)03637-3