Reliability study of two engineering models using LU decomposition

Reliability Engineering and System Safety

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 359-364

  Qamber, I S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BAHRAIN   (Bahrain)

Author keywords

LUD; Markov model; Power plant model; Runge Kutta methods; Steady state frequency; Steady state probability

Indexed keywords

MARKOV PROCESSES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROBABILITY; RUNGE KUTTA METHODS;

LOWER-UPPER DECOMPOSITION; POWER PLANT MODEL; STEADY-STATE FREQUENCY;

RELIABILITY THEORY;

EID: 0033149977     PISSN: 09518320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0951-8320(98)00082-9     Document Type: Article

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