RADC Fault Tolerant System Reliability Evaluation Facility

Abstract

The Systems Reliability and Engineering Division of the Rome Air Development Center (RADC/RBE) is in the process of developing a Fault Tolerant System Reliability Evaluation Facility. The facility has the analysis/evaluation capability necessary to perform reliability modeling for virtually any fault tolerant system. RADC/RBE offers modeling expertise as a support service to DOD agencies with fault tolerant system reliability modeling needs. The facility relies heavily on the use of computer-aided reliability modeling tools. Since no single tool is perfect for every application, RADC/RBE has acquired several. They are CARE III, FASTER, HARP, MIREM, REST, and R&MA2T2. This functional capabilities plan analyzes the capabilities, strengths and weaknesses of each of the above tools. The overall capabilities of the facility are also discussed and sample modeling cases are provided. A survey of tools was also undertaken as part of this study. Short abstracts are provided for 27 modeling tools both new and old. Mathematical models; Fault tolerant system; Air Force research facilities. (edc)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 01, 1989
Accession Number
ADA215298

Entities

People

  • Frank Fieldson
  • Jack Hewitt
  • Joseph Caroli
  • Matt Plano

Organizations

  • Rome Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Sensors

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Algorithms
  • Classification
  • Computational Science
  • Computers
  • Control Systems
  • Differential Equations
  • Electrical Engineering
  • Fault Tolerance
  • Flight Control Systems
  • Maintenance
  • Markov Chains
  • Mathematical Models
  • Power Supplies
  • Probability
  • Reliability
  • Test And Evaluation

Fields of Study

  • Engineering

Readers

  • Applied Combinatorial Optimization and Logic Circuit Design.
  • Computational Modeling and Simulation
  • Software Engineering