Semi-Markovian reliability models for systems with testable components and general test/outage times

Reliability Engineering and System Safety

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 121-133

  Papazoglou, I A ^a  

^a Syst Reliability Indust Safety L   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MARKOV PROCESSES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PREVENTIVE MAINTENANCE;

GENERAL TEST/OUTAGE TIMES; SEMI-MARKOV RELIABILITY MODELS;

RELIABILITY;

EID: 0033735018     PISSN: 09518320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0951-8320(00)00003-X     Document Type: Article

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