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Tutorial on Hardware and Software Reliability, Maintainability, and Availability

Description: Computer systems, whether hardware or software, are subject to failure. Precisely, what is a failure? It is defined as: The inability of a system or system component to perform a required function within specified limits. Afailure may be produced when a fault is encountered and a loss of the expected service to the user results [IEEE/AIAA P1633]. This brings us to the question of w...

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Methods for Assessing COTS Reliability, Maintainability, and Availability

Introduction Many vendors produce products that are not domain specific (e.g., network server) and have limited functionality (e.g., mobile phone). In contrast, many customers of COTS develop systems that are domain specific (e.g., target tracking system) and have great variability in functionality (e.g., corporate information system). This discussion takes the viewpoint of how the customer can...

Improvement of System Availability Using Reliability and Maintainability Analysis

Reliability is an important consideration in the planning, design and operation of engineeringsystems. As the size and complexity of mining equipment continue to increase, the implica-tions of equipment failure become ever more critical. One method to mitigate the impact offailures is to improve the reliability of the equipment. One of the purposes of system reliabil-ity analysi...