The Availability, Reliability and Maintainability of Redundant Systems.
Abstract
Redundancy is widely used to enhance an overall system's effective availability, reliability and maintainability. The application of redundancy in one of its simplest but most common forms involves systems composed of iterative subsystems. All of the subsystems, including those considered redundant, are assumed to be independent, continuously energized and on line. The mathematical models representing the redundant system availability, reliability and maintainability have been derived using Markov chains and matrix methods. A simple computer program is described for the application of the derived models.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Sep 01, 1974
- Accession Number
- ADA006369
Entities
People
- C. A. Papenfuss
Organizations
- General Electric