UPS reliability analysis with non-exponential duration distribution

Reliability Engineering and System Safety

Volumn 81, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 183-189

  Pievatolo, A ^a   Valade I ^b  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Life and repair time duration distribution; Monte Carlo method; Semi Markov process

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; FAULT TREE ANALYSIS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; RELIABILITY;

NON-EXPONENTIAL DURATION DISTRIBUTION;

ELECTRIC POWER SYSTEMS;

EID: 0037661225     PISSN: 09518320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0951-8320(03)00087-5     Document Type: Article

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