Preface |
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Acronyms and Notations |
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1.1 Reliability as a Property of Technical Objects |
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1 | (1) |
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2 | (3) |
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1.3 Hierarchical Levels of Analyzed Objects |
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5 | (1) |
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1.4 How Can Reliability Be Measured? |
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5 | (2) |
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7 | (2) |
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1.5.1 Case Study: Avalanche of Software Failures |
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8 | (1) |
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9 | (31) |
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9 | (2) |
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2.1.1 Probability of Failure-Free Operation |
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9 | (1) |
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2.1.2 Mean Time to Failure |
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10 | (1) |
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11 | (3) |
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2.2.1 Probability of Failure-Free Operation |
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11 | (2) |
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2.2.2 Mean Time to Failure |
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13 | (1) |
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14 | (6) |
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2.3.1 Probability of Failure-Free Operation |
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14 | (4) |
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2.3.2 Mean Time to Failure |
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18 | (2) |
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2.4 Structure of Type "k-out-of-n" |
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20 | (2) |
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2.5 Realistic Models of Loaded Redundancy |
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22 | (6) |
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2.5.1 Unreliable Switching Process |
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23 | (1) |
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2.5.2 Non-Instant Switching |
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23 | (1) |
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24 | (1) |
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2.5.4 Switch Serving as Interface |
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25 | (1) |
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2.5.5 Incomplete Monitoring of the Operating Unit |
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26 | (2) |
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2.5.6 Periodical Monitoring of the Operating Unit |
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28 | (1) |
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28 | (2) |
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2.6.1 Parallel-Series and Series-Parallel Structures |
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28 | (1) |
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2.6.2 General Case of Reducible Structures |
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29 | (1) |
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30 | (4) |
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2.7.1 Simple Redundant Group |
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30 | (3) |
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2.7.2 Standby Redundancy of Type "k-out-of-n" |
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33 | (1) |
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2.8 Realistic Models of Unloaded Redundancy |
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34 | (6) |
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2.8.1 Unreliable Switching Process |
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34 | (1) |
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2.8.2 Non-Instant Switching |
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35 | (1) |
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35 | (2) |
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2.8.4 Switch Serving as Interface |
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37 | (1) |
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2.8.5 Incomplete Monitoring of the Operating Unit |
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38 | (2) |
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3 Recoverable Systems: Markov Models |
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40 | (32) |
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40 | (7) |
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41 | (6) |
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47 | (6) |
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3.2.1 Turning Off System During Recovery |
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47 | (2) |
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3.2.2 System in Operating State During Recovery: Unrestricted Repair |
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49 | (2) |
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3.2.3 System in Operating State During Recovery: Restricted Repair |
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51 | (2) |
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53 | (12) |
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3.3.1 General Description |
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53 | (1) |
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3.3.2 Nonstationary Availability Coefficient |
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54 | (4) |
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3.3.3 Stationary Availability Coefficient |
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58 | (1) |
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3.3.4 Probability of Failure-Free Operation |
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59 | (3) |
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3.3.5 Stationary Coefficient of Interval Availability |
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62 | (1) |
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3.3.6 Mean Time to Failure |
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63 | (1) |
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3.3.7 Mean Time Between Failures |
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63 | (2) |
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65 | (1) |
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65 | (1) |
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3.5 Structures of Type "m-out-of-n" |
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66 | (6) |
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4 Recoverable Systems: Heuristic Models |
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72 | (23) |
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72 | (3) |
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75 | (3) |
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4.3 Procedures over Poisson Processes |
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78 | (2) |
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78 | (2) |
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4.3.2 Superposition Procedure |
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80 | (1) |
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4.4 Asymptotic Thinning Procedure over Stochastic Point Process |
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80 | (2) |
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4.5 Asymptotic Superposition of Stochastic Point Processes |
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82 | (2) |
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4.6 Intersection of Flows of Narrow Impulses |
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84 | (3) |
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4.7 Heuristic Method for Reliability Analysis of Series Recoverable Systems |
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87 | (1) |
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4.8 Heuristic Method for Reliability Analysis of Parallel Recoverable Systems |
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87 | (6) |
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4.8.1 Influence of Unreliable Switching Procedure |
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88 | (1) |
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4.8.2 Influence of Switch's Unreliability |
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89 | (1) |
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4.8.3 Periodical Monitoring of the Operating Unit |
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90 | (1) |
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4.8.4 Partial Monitoring of the Operating Unit |
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91 | (2) |
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4.9 Brief Historical Overview and Related Sources |
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93 | (2) |
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95 | (8) |
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5.1 System with Possibility of Restarting Operation |
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95 | (3) |
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5.2 Systems with "Admissibly Short Failures" |
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98 | (1) |
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5.3 Systems with Time Accumulation |
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99 | (1) |
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5.4 Case Study: Gas Pipeline with an Underground Storage |
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100 | (2) |
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5.5 Brief Historical Overview and Related Sources |
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102 | (1) |
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6 "Aging" Units and Systems of "Aging" Units |
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103 | (20) |
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103 | (1) |
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104 | (1) |
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6.3 Bounds for Probability of Failure-Free Operations |
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105 | (3) |
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6.4 Series System Consisting of "Aging" Units |
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108 | (2) |
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108 | (2) |
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110 | (4) |
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6.5.1 Probability of Failure-Free Operation |
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110 | (2) |
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6.5.2 Mean Time to Failure of a Series System |
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112 | (2) |
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114 | (5) |
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6.6.1 Probability of Failure-Free Operation |
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114 | (3) |
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6.6.2 Mean Time to Failure |
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117 | (2) |
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6.7 Bounds for the Coefficient of Operational Availability |
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119 | (2) |
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6.8 Brief Historical Overview and Related Sources |
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121 | (2) |
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123 | (20) |
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123 | (4) |
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7.1.1 Method of Direct Enumeration |
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125 | (2) |
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7.2 Method of Boolean Function Decomposition |
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127 | (3) |
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7.3 Method of Paths and Cuts |
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130 | (10) |
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7.3.1 Esary-Proschan Bounds |
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130 | (3) |
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7.3.2 "Improvements" of Esary-Proschan Bounds |
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133 | (2) |
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7.3.3 Litvak-Ushakov Bounds |
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135 | (4) |
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7.3.4 Comparison of the Two Methods |
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139 | (1) |
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7.4 Brief Historical Overview and Related Sources |
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140 | (3) |
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8 Performance Effectiveness |
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143 | (19) |
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8.1 Effectiveness Concepts |
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143 | (2) |
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8.2 General Idea of Effectiveness Evaluation |
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145 | (5) |
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8.2.1 Conditional Case Study: Airport Traffic Control System |
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147 | (3) |
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8.3 Additive Type of System Units' Outcomes |
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150 | (1) |
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8.4 Case Study: ICBM Control System |
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151 | (2) |
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8.5 Systems with Intersecting Zones of Action |
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153 | (5) |
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8.6 Practical Recommendation |
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158 | (2) |
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8.7 Brief Historical Overview and Related Sources |
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160 | (2) |
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162 | (7) |
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166 | (1) |
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9.2 Brief Historical Overview and Related Sources |
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167 | (2) |
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169 | (26) |
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169 | (1) |
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169 | (3) |
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10.3 Universal Generating Function |
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172 | (2) |
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10.4 Multistate Series System |
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174 | (7) |
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10.4.1 Series Connection of Piping Runs |
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174 | (3) |
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10.4.2 Series Connection of Resistors |
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177 | (2) |
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10.4.3 Series Connections of Capacitors |
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179 | (2) |
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10.5 Multistate Parallel System |
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181 | (2) |
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10.5.1 Parallel Connection of Piping Runs |
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181 | (1) |
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10.5.2 Parallel Connection of Resistors |
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182 | (1) |
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10.5.3 Parallel Connections of Capacitors |
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182 | (1) |
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183 | (7) |
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190 | (1) |
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10.8 Brief Historical Overview and Related Sources |
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190 | (5) |
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Appendix A Main Distributions Related to Reliability Theory |
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A.1 Discrete Distributions |
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195 | (6) |
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A.1.1 Degenerate Distribution |
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195 | (1) |
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A.1.2 Bernoulli Distribution |
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196 | (1) |
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A.1.3 Binomial Distribution |
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197 | (1) |
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A.1.4 Poisson Distribution |
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198 | (2) |
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A.1.5 Geometric Distribution |
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200 | (1) |
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A.2 Continuous Distributions |
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201 | (8) |
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201 | (1) |
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A.2.2 Continuous Uniform Distribution |
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202 | (1) |
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A.2.3 Exponential Distribution |
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203 | (1) |
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A.2.4 Erlang Distribution |
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204 | (1) |
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A.2.5 Hyperexponential Distribution |
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205 | (2) |
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A.2.6 Normal Distribution |
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207 | (1) |
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A.2.7 Weibull-Gnedenko Distribution |
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207 | (2) |
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Appendix B Laplace Transformation |
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209 | (5) |
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Appendix C Markov Processes |
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214 | (13) |
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C.1 General Markov Process |
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214 | (9) |
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C.1.1 Nonstationary Availability Coefficient |
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216 | (2) |
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C.1.2 Probability of Failure-Free Operation |
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218 | (2) |
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C.1.3 Stationary Availability Coefficient |
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220 | (1) |
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C.1.4 Mean Time to Failure and Mean Time Between Failures |
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221 | (1) |
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222 | (1) |
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223 | (4) |
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Appendix D General Bibliography |
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227 | (4) |
Index |
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