Reliability analysis of smart home sensor systems subject to competing failures

• Published in: Reliability engineering & system safety Vol. 221; p. 108327
• Main Authors: Wang, Chaonan, Liu, Qiongyang, Xing, Liudong, Guan, Quanlong, Yang, Chunhui, Yu, Min
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Barking Elsevier Ltd 01.05.2022; Elsevier BV
• Subjects: Binary decision diagram; Bluetooth; Combinatorial analysis; Combinatorial method; Competing failure; Computer networks; Decision analysis; Failure; Fault trees; Gateways; Jamming; Reliability analysis; Reliability engineering; Sensors; Smart buildings; Smart home sensor system; Smart sensors; Competing failure; Binary decision diagram; Reliability analysis; Combinatorial method; Smart home sensor system

•A combinatorial method for reliability analysis of smart home sensor systems subject to competing failures.•The method is based on an efficient binary decision diagram reduction technique.•The method is applicable to any arbitrary component time-to-failure distribution.•Accuracy and efficiency are...