THE RELIABILITY OF SEQUENTIALLY OPERATED NETWORKS
Abstract
A SEQUENTIALLY OPERATING MACHINE IS ONE WHICH HAS SEVERAL STAGES. IN ORDER FOR THE MACHINE TO OPERATE PROPERLY IT IS NECESSARY FOR SOME COMPONENT IN EACH STAGE TO OPERATE. THE RELIABILITY OF THE NETWORK DEPENDS ON THE COMPONENT RELIABILITIES, THE SENSING AND SWITCHING RELIABILITIES, AND THE SWITCHING RULES. THE CALCULATION OF OVERALL SYSTEM RELIABILITY IN TERMS OF SWITCHING RULES AND COMPONENT RELIABILITIESIS DISCUSSED. THE PRESENT CALCULATION IS SHOWN TO BE EQUIVALENT TO THE CALCULATION OF STATE VECTORS FOR MARKOV PROCESSES. RESULTS AND EXAMPLES FOR BOTH DETERMINISTIC AND RANDOM SWITCHING RULES ARE GIVEN
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 1960
- Accession Number
- AD0248921
Entities
People
- George H. Weiss
- Meinhard M. Kleinerman
Organizations
- Naval Ordnance Laboratory