Abstract
A method is presented for apportioning reliability growth to the subsystems that make up a system in order to achieve the required reliability at least cost. Reliability growth apportionment is handled as an s-expected cost minimization problem subject to the constraint of meeting a system reliability requirement. The problem is formulated in terms of Duane's reliability growth model and is solved using geometric programming. The method can be useful in the early stages of system design to determine subsystem reliability growth that will allow a system reliability requirement to be met, and in the latter stages of system design when reliability has fallen short of the required goal and improvements are necessary. Copyright © 1977 by The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc.
Recommended Citation
J. K. Byers, "Reliability Growth Apportionment," IEEE Transactions on Reliability, vol. R thru 26, no. 4, pp. 242 - 244, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Jan 1977.
The definitive version is available at https://doi.org/10.1109/TR.1977.5220138
Department(s)
Computer Science
Keywords and Phrases
Apportionment; Geometric programming; Reliability growth
International Standard Serial Number (ISSN)
1558-1721; 0018-9529
Document Type
Article - Journal
Document Version
Citation
File Type
text
Language(s)
English
Rights
© 2023 Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, All rights reserved.
Publication Date
01 Jan 1977
