NUMERICAL ANALYSIS OF SYSTEM AVAILABILITY AND OF PARAMETER ESTIMATION METHODS

Abstract

This document describes two problem areas concerning systems subject to periodic checkout, which were investigated with the aid of a computer. The first part (Parameter Estimation) summarizes the results of a Monte Carlo analysis to determine the feasibility and accuracy of measuring system failure rates, checkout error probabilities, and repair effectiveness from the numbers of systems passing and failing in three consecutive checkouts. The second part (Availability Analysis) describes, mainly through a series of graphs, the quantitative variation of system availability with a number of operational and maintenance parameters representing time durations of standby, checkout, and repair, failure rates during standby and checkout, repair effectiveness, decision errors during checkout, and test coverage.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 01, 1964
Accession Number
AD0444364

Entities

People

  • N. Kaufman
  • W. J. Howard

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • C4I
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accuracy
  • Air Force
  • Applied Mathematics
  • Availability
  • Computer Programs
  • Computers
  • Confidence Limits
  • Equations
  • Errors
  • Estimators
  • Maintenance
  • Mathematical Models
  • Mathematics
  • Numerical Analysis
  • Preventive Maintenance
  • Probability
  • Time Intervals

Fields of Study

  • Engineering

Readers

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  • Software Engineering