Reliability analysis of phased-mission systems: A correct approach

2007 Proceedings - Annual Reliability and Maintainability Symposium, RAMS

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 7-12

  Murphy, Kenneth E ^a   Carter, Charles M ^a   Malerich, Anthony W ^b,c  

^a ARINC Engineering Services LLC   (United States)

^b Aspen Avionics ^*  (United States)

^c Aspen Avionics   (United States)

Author keywords

Latent failures; Mission reliability; Phasing; Simulation

Indexed keywords

LATENT FAILURES; MISSION RELIABILITY; PHASED-MISSION SYSTEMS;

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; ERRORS; TOPOLOGY;

RELIABILITY ANALYSIS;

EID: 34547331197     PISSN: 0149144X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/RAMS.2007.328042     Document Type: Conference Paper

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7. C.M. Carter, A.W. Malerich, "The Exponential Repair Assumption: Practical Impacts", Proceedings Annual Reliability & Maintainability Symposium, Jan 2007, paper accepted.