Modeling and analyzing the effects of periodic inspection on the performance of safety-critical systems

IEEE Transactions on Reliability

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 321-329

  Bukowski, Julia V ^a,b  

^a IEEE   (United States)

^b Villanova University   (United States)

Author keywords

Availability; Markov model; MTTF; MTTF D; MTTF S; Periodic inspection; Probability of failing dangerously; Safety critical system

Indexed keywords

MEAN TIME TO ANY FAILURE; MEAN TIME TO FAILED DANGEROUSLY; MEAN TIME TO FAILED STATE; PERIODIC INSPECTIONS; SAFETY-CRITICAL SYSTEMS;

AVAILABILITY; FAILURE ANALYSIS; INSPECTION; MARKOV PROCESSES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PERFORMANCE; PROBABILITY; REPAIR; SYSTEM STABILITY; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS;

SECURITY SYSTEMS;

EID: 0035466242     PISSN: 00189529     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/24.974130     Document Type: Article

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