k-out-of-n:G system reliability with imperfect fault coverage

IEEE Transactions on Reliability

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 464-473

  Myers, Albert F ^a  

^a NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Combinatorial model; Imperfect fault coverage; k out of n:G systems; Recursive model; System reliability

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FAULT TOLERANCE; PROBABILITY; RELIABILITY ANALYSIS;

FAULT COVERAGE; SYSTEM DESIGN ARCHITECTURE; SYSTEM RELIABILITY;

SYSTEMS ANALYSIS;

EID: 34548648258     PISSN: 00189529     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TR.2007.903229     Document Type: Article

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