Set theoretic formulation of performance reliability of multiple response time-variant systems due to degradations in system components

Quality and Reliability Engineering International

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 171-188

  Young, Kap Son ^a   Savage, Gordon J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Degradation; Failure set; FORM; Performance reliability; Time variant multiple responses

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SYSTEM RECOVERY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTIMIZATION; PROBABILITY; RELIABILITY THEORY; RESPONSE TIME (COMPUTER SYSTEMS); TIME VARYING NETWORKS;

FAILURE SET; FORM; PERFORMANCE RELIABILITY; TIME-VARIANT MULTIPLE RESPONSES;

SET THEORY;

EID: 33947169483     PISSN: 07488017     EISSN: 10991638     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/qre.783     Document Type: Article

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