Fault tolerant methods using dynamically reconfigurable devices have been studied to overcome wear-out failures. However, quantitative comparisons have not been sufficiently assessed on device lifetime enhancement with these methods, whereas they have mainly been evaluated individually from various viewpoints such as additional hardware overheads, performance, and downtime for fault recovery. T...

MTBF (mean time between failures) is the expected time between two successive failures of a system. Therefore, MTBF is a key reliability metric for systems that can be repaired or restored. MTTF (mean time to failure) is the expected time to failure of a system. Non-repairable systems can fail only once. Therefore, for a non-repairable system, MTTF is equivalent to the mean of its failure time ...

This paper presents a prediction model for software service availability measured by the mean-time-to-repair (MTTR) and mean-time-to-failure (MTTF) of a service. The prediction model is based on the experimental identification of probability distribution functions for variables that affect MTTR/MTTF and has been implemented using a framework that we have developed to support monitoring and pred...

In this paper, the authors examine UK mobile users’ perceptions of m-commerce utilization. For this purpose, the authors devise a Mobile Network Utilization Model empirically tested in experimental settings. The empirical findings reveal strong support for the capability of the proposed utilization model in measuring the concept of Mobile Task-Technology Fit (MTTF) and explaining the utilizatio...

Some theoretical evaluation methods of mean time to failure (MTTF) in 2-component standby redundant system with priority have been suggested under the prerequisite that the probability distributions of failure and repair times in each component are respectively specified by the explicit functions. However, this prerequisite might be considerably strict in practical scenes. If we cannot identify...

This paper deals with the Reliability analysis of K-out-of-n : G redundant system in the presence of Lethal & Non-lethal Common Cause Shock failures (CCS) along with imperfect fault coverage. S.Akhtar (1994) has discussed the reliability analysis of k-out-of-n: G redundant system with Perfect and imperfect fault coverage and derived Reliability measures namely Rs (t), As (t), MTTF, MTBF. K.Mall...

We study the reliability and sensitivity analysis of a system with M operating machines, S warm standbys, and a repairable service station. Failure times and service times of each machine (operating or standby) are assumed to be exponentially distributed. While the service station is working, it is subject to breakdowns according to a Poisson process. When the station breaks down, it requires ...