Probabilistic Evaluation of Prime Implicants and Top-Events for Non-Coherent Systems
- 1 December 1980
- journal article
- Published by Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) in IEEE Transactions on Reliability
- Vol. R-29 (5) , 361-367
- https://doi.org/10.1109/tr.1980.5220883
Abstract
This paper develops a rigorous method for obtaining 1) the existence probability (unavailability) and 2) the unconditional occurrence (failure) intensity (s-expected number of occurrences per unit time) for prime implicants and top-events of non-coherent systems. It is shown that repair and maintenance policies for non-coherent systems must be carefully formulated since, for example, component repair can lead to system failure.Keywords
This publication has 5 references indexed in Scilit:
- Methods for Probabilistic Analysis of Noncoherent Fault TreesIEEE Transactions on Reliability, 1980
- Top-down Algorithm for Obtaining Prime Implicant Sets of Non-Coherent Fault TreesIEEE Transactions on Reliability, 1978
- On the Analysis of Fault TreesIEEE Transactions on Reliability, 1975
- A time-dependent methodology for fault tree evaluationNuclear Engineering and Design, 1970
- The Problem of Simplifying Truth FunctionsThe American Mathematical Monthly, 1952