Availability analysis of repairable computer systems and stationarity detection

IEEE Transactions on Computers

Volumn 48, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 1166-1172

  Sericola, Bruno ^a  

^a CAMPUS DE BEAULIEU   (France)

Author keywords

Availability; Dependability; Markov processes; Performability; Repairable computer systems; Stationarity detection

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; CONVERGENCE OF NUMERICAL METHODS; MARKOV PROCESSES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RESPONSE TIME (COMPUTER SYSTEMS);

FINITE MARKOV PROCESS; REPAIRABLE COMPUTER SYSTEMS;

COMPUTER SYSTEMS PROGRAMMING;

EID: 0033220964     PISSN: 00189340     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/12.811102     Document Type: Article

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