Probabilistic reliability models / Igor Ushakov.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ushakov, I. A. (Igorʹ Alekseevich)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Reliability (Engineering)--Mathematical models.

Reliability (Engineering).

Probabilities.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (250 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

San Diego, Calif. : Wiley, c2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"Combined with many important theoretical and practical concepts, this book addresses the various applications of probabilistic reliability modeling"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

PROBABILISTIC RELIABILITY MODELS; CONTENTS; Preface; Acronyms and Notations; 1 What Is Reliability; 1.1 Reliability as a Property of Technical Objects; 1.2 Other "Ilities"; 1.3 Hierarchical Levels of Analyzed Objects; 1.4 How Can Reliability Be Measured?; 1.5 Software Reliability; 1.5.1 Case Study: Avalanche of Software Failures; 2 Unrecoverable Objects; 2.1 Unit; 2.1.1 Probability of Failure-Free Operation; 2.1.2 Mean Time to Failure; 2.2 Series Systems; 2.2.1 Probability of Failure-Free Operation; 2.2.2 Mean Time to Failure; 2.3 Parallel System; 2.3.1 Probability of Failure-Free Operation

2.3.2 Mean Time to Failure2.4 Structure of Type "k-out-of-n"; 2.5 Realistic Models of Loaded Redundancy; 2.5.1 Unreliable Switching Process; 2.5.2 Non-Instant Switching; 2.5.3 Unreliable Switch; 2.5.4 Switch Serving as Interface; 2.5.5 Incomplete Monitoring of the Operating Unit; 2.5.6 Periodical Monitoring of the Operating Unit; 2.6 Reducible Structures; 2.6.1 Parallel-Series and Series-Parallel Structures; 2.6.2 General Case of Reducible Structures; 2.7 Standby Redundancy; 2.7.1 Simple Redundant Group; 2.7.2 Standby Redundancy of Type "k-out-of-n"

2.8 Realistic Models of Unloaded Redundancy2.8.1 Unreliable Switching Process; 2.8.2 Non-Instant Switching; 2.8.3 Unreliable Switch; 2.8.4 Switch Serving as Interface; 2.8.5 Incomplete Monitoring of the Operating Unit; 3 Recoverable Systems: Markov Models; 3.1 Unit; 3.1.1 Markov Model; 3.2 Series System; 3.2.1 Turning Off System During Recovery; 3.2.2 System in Operating State During Recovery: Unrestricted Repair; 3.2.3 System in Operating State During Recovery: Restricted Repair; 3.3 Dubbed System; 3.3.1 General Description; 3.3.2 Nonstationary Availability Coefficient

3.3.3 Stationary Availability Coefficient3.3.4 Probability of Failure-Free Operation; 3.3.5 Stationary Coefficient of Interval Availability; 3.3.6 Mean Time to Failure; 3.3.7 Mean Time Between Failures; 3.3.8 Mean Recovery Time; 3.4 Parallel Systems; 3.5 Structures of Type "m-out-of-n"; 4 Recoverable Systems: Heuristic Models; 4.1 Preliminary Notes; 4.2 Poisson Process; 4.3 Procedures over Poisson Processes; 4.3.1 Thinning Procedure; 4.3.2 Superposition Procedure; 4.4 Asymptotic Thinning Procedure over Stochastic Point Process; 4.5 Asymptotic Superposition of Stochastic Point Processes

4.6 Intersection of Flows of Narrow Impulses4.7 Heuristic Method for Reliability Analysis of Series Recoverable Systems; 4.8 Heuristic Method for Reliability Analysis of Parallel Recoverable Systems; 4.8.1 Influence of Unreliable Switching Procedure; 4.8.2 Influence of Switch's Unreliability; 4.8.3 Periodical Monitoring of the Operating Unit; 4.8.4 Partial Monitoring of the Operating Unit; 4.9 Brief Historical Overview and Related Sources; 5 Time Redundancy; 5.1 System with Possibility of Restarting Operation; 5.2 Systems with "Admissibly Short Failures"; 5.3 Systems with Time Accumulation

5.4 Case Study: Gas Pipeline with an Underground Storage

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786613862204

9781283549752

1283549751

9781118370766

1118370767

9781118370742

1118370740

9781118370773

1118370775

OCLC:

808366367