Modelling Uncertain Aspects of System Dependability with Survival Signatures.

Coolen, F.P.A.; Coolen-Maturi, T.

Abstract

The survival signature was recently introduced to simplify quantification of reliability for systems and networks. It is based on the structure function, which expresses whether or not a system functions given the status of its components. In this paper, we show how a straightforward generalization of the structure function can provide a suitable tool for scenarios of uncertainty and indeterminacy about functioning of a system for the next task. We embed this generalization into the survival signature, leading to a more flexible tool for quantification of the system reliability and related measures of dependability.

Citation

Coolen, F., & Coolen-Maturi, T. (2015). Modelling Uncertain Aspects of System Dependability with Survival Signatures. In W. Zamojski, & J. Sugier (Eds.), Dependability Problems of Complex Information Systems (19-34). Springer Verlag. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-08964-5_2

• Publication Date: 2015
• Deposit Date: Jun 5, 2014
• Publisher: Springer Verlag
• Pages: 19-34
• Series Title: Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, 307
• Book Title: Dependability Problems of Complex Information Systems
• ISBN: 9783319089638
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-08964-5_2
• Public URL: https://durham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1649160