The effect of stochastic time delays on the reliability of isolated impulse systems

A. Bendell

Naval Research Logistics Quarterly, 1983, vol. 30, issue 3, 537-551

Abstract: This article concerns the effect of stochastic time delays in the operation of components upon system reliability for isolated impulse systems, for which component delays have hitherto been treated as deterministic. These are systems, such as automatic protective devices, which remain idle for most of their lives but which are required to respond with the utmost speed to input signals arising at arbitrary isolated time instants. System failure can arise from components failing to operate, or from being too slow to operate so that the systems operation is too slow to meet requirements. During operation components are usually subjected to greater stresses than during idling, so that it is assumed that components are subjected to increased failure tendencies during the time it takes them to perform their functions. The effect of stochastic time delays on the evaluation of systems reliability is considered, and a hierarchy of complexity associated with the physical nature of the delays in series and redundant configurations is exposed. Some simple exponential illustrations are presented.

Date: 1983
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