Optimal design of k-out-of-n:G subsystems subjected to imperfect fault-coverage

IEEE Transactions on Reliability

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 567-575

  Amari, Suprasad V ^a   Pham, Hoang ^b   Dill, Glenn ^a  

^a Relex Software Corporation   (United States)

^b DEPARTMENT OF INDUSTRIAL AND SYSTEMS ENGINEERING   (United States)

Author keywords

Cost effective design; Imperfect fault coverage; K out of n subsystem; Optimization; System reliability

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COST EFFECTIVENESS; OPTIMIZATION; REDUNDANCY; RELIABILITY; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS;

COST EFFECTIVE DESIGN; IMPERFECT FAULT COVERAGE; SYSTEM RELIABILITY;

FAULT TOLERANT COMPUTER SYSTEMS;

EID: 10244221027     PISSN: 00189529     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TR.2004.837703     Document Type: Article

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