System Availability

Abstract

Availability quantifies the propensity of a system to be functionally operative upon demand. It increases if operating times between failures ("up times") are long, and decreases if, following failure or anticipatory removal, logistics delays and repair ("down times") are protracted. This chapter summarizes the general availability concept and discusses the limitation of operational availability suggesting that mission availability is often more useful and appropriate.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 01, 2007
Accession Number
ADA470646

Entities

People

  • Donald P. Gaver Jr.
  • Patricia A. Jacobs

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Human Systems
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aircrafts
  • Availability
  • Classification
  • Communication Systems
  • Computers
  • Condition Based Maintenance
  • Data Storage Systems
  • Failure Mode And Effect Analysis
  • Logistics
  • Maintenance
  • Natural Disasters
  • Operations Research
  • Probability
  • Reliability
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Time Intervals
  • Vehicles

Readers

  • Logistics and Supply Chain Management.
  • Strategic Security Studies