An improved algorithm for coherent-system reliability

IEEE Transactions on Reliability

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 73-78

  Luo, Tong ^a,b,c   Trivedi, K S ^c,d  

^a IEEE   (United States)

^b VERIZON   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d MS 40   (United States)

Author keywords

Algorithm; Coherent system; Fault tree; Multiple variable inversion; Sum of disjoint products

Indexed keywords

FAILURE ANALYSIS; RELIABILITY;

COHERENT SYSTEM RELIABILITY; MULTIPLE VARIABLE INVERSION (MVI) METHOD; SINGLE VARIABLE INVERSION (SVI); SUM OF DISJOINT PRODUCTS (SDP) METHOD;

ALGORITHMS;

EID: 0032020966     PISSN: 00189529     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/24.690911     Document Type: Article

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