OBDD-based evaluation of reliability and importance measures for multistate systems subject to imperfect fault coverage

• Published in: IEEE transactions on dependable and secure computing Vol. 2; no. 4; pp. 336 - 347
• Main Authors: Yung-Ruei Chang, Amari, S.V., Sy-Yen Kuo
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Washington IEEE 01.10.2005; IEEE Computer Society
• Subjects: Availability; Boolean; Boolean functions; Data structures; Decision making models; Decomposition; Degradation; Design optimization; Failure; Fault tolerance; Fault tolerant systems; fault-coverage; Fission reactors; importance measure; Index Terms- Reliability; Information systems; Mathematical models; Methods; multistate system; Nuclear power generation; Nuclear power plants; OBDD; Power generation; Power system modeling; Power system reliability; Random variables; Reliability; Statistical analysis; Studies; System theory

Algorithms for evaluating the reliability of a complex system such as a multistate fault-tolerant computer system have become more important. They are designed to obtain the complete results quickly and accurately even when there exist a number of dependencies such as shared loads (reconfiguration),...