Int J Performability Eng ›› 2005, Vol. 1 ›› Issue (2): 145-155.doi: 10.23940/ijpe.05.2.p145.mag

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A New Generalized Systemability Model

Hoang Pham   

  1. Department of Industrial & System Engineering
    Rutgers University, New Jersey, USA

Abstract:

In this paper, we present a new mathematical function, called systemability, by introducing the uncertainty of the operating environments as a random variable for predicting the reliability of systems in the field. Numerical calculations for several system configurations such as parallel, series, and k-out-of-n, are given to illustrate the results.
Received on June 10, 2005
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