Phased mission effectiveness using a nonhomogeneous Markov reward model

Autor: Mark Smotherman, Robert Geist
Rok vydání: 1990
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Zdroj: Reliability Engineering & System Safety. 27:241-255
ISSN: 0951-8320
DOI: 10.1016/0951-8320(90)90057-t
Popis: The requirements for industrial systems often include the dependable performance of a sequentially-dependent set of tasks, each of which may require different component loadings and configurations. The performance evaluation of such systems is termed phased mission analysis. A new approach to this analysis is presented that is based on a nonhomogeneous Markov reward model in which the concept of a state transition is generalized to include phase changes as well as failures and repairs. This model allows time-dependent failure rates for those phases without repair, and incorporates cumulative reward measures to provide figures of merit for work performed.
Databáze: OpenAIRE