Relcomp: A Computer Program for Calculating System Reliability and MTBF

1 August 1971

journal article
Published by Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) in IEEE Transactions on Reliability

Vol. R-20 (3) , 102-107
https://doi.org/10.1109/tr.1971.5216107

Abstract

A conversational time-sharing computer program called Relcomp can be used for rapid and economical calculation of the reliability and mean time between failures (MTBF) of systems consisting of serial and redundant units. Relcomp is simple to use and does not require any special knowledge of programming. A copy of the complete Relcomp program listing is provided in Tymshare Super Basic language. Use of the program to calculate the reliability and MTBF of a system, its subsystems, and blocks is illustrated by examples.

Keywords

EQUATIONS
TIME SHARING COMPUTER SYSTEMS
RELIABILITY ENGINEERING
ALGORITHMS
PROGRAMMING
REDUNDANCY
MATHEMATICAL MODEL
GUIDELINES
WRITING
TELLURIUM