Comparative cost and utility analysis of monolith and fractionated spacecraft using failure and replacement Markov models

Acta Astronautica

Volumn 68, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 172-184

  Dubos, Gregory F ^a   Saleh, Joseph H ^a  

^a Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

Failure; Fractionation; Markov model; Replacement; Spacecraft

Indexed keywords

ARCHITECTURAL CONCEPTS; CO-LOCATED; DESIGN SPACES; DISTRIBUTING FUNCTION; DOMINANT DESIGN; FAILURE; LIFECYCLE COSTS; MARKOV MODEL; MODEL PARAMETERS; MONOLITHIC ARCHITECTURE; MONOLITHIC SPACECRAFT; MONOLITHIC SYSTEMS; MONTE CARLO SIMULATION; NETWORK STRUCTURES; ON-ORBIT; PER UNIT; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REPLACEMENT; SINGLE COMPONENTS; SPACE INDUSTRY; SPACE SYSTEM; SPACE-BASED; UTILITY ANALYSIS; VALUE AT RISK; WHOLE SYSTEMS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COSTS; DATA PROCESSING; MARKOV PROCESSES; NETWORK ARCHITECTURE; QUALITY ASSURANCE; SPACE FLIGHT;

SPACECRAFT;

EID: 77958053450     PISSN: 00945765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actaastro.2010.07.011     Document Type: Article

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