INDEX
Availability coefficient
Bellman, Richard Ernest
Block diagram
Branching structures
Counter-terrorism protection
Dynamic redundancy
Functional redundancy
Holland (“Dutchy”), John Henry
Kettelle, John D.
Lagrange, Joseph-Louis
Mean time to failure (MTTF)
Mobile repair station
Multi-level systems
Multi-state systems
Networks
multi-pole
two-pole
Objective function
Optimal redundancy problem
direct
inverse
Optimization methods and algorithms
Bellman’s algorithm
genetic algorithms
Kettelle’s algorithm
Lagrange multipliers method
Monte Carlo method
steepest descent method
UGF method
“weighing costs” method
Probability of failure-free operation (PFFO)
Proschan, Frank
Random time to failure
Redundant group
non-repairable
repairable
Redundant units, active (active redundancy)
Spare support system
Standby redundant units (standby redundancy)
System performance
Time redundancy
Transition graphs
Universal generating functions (UGF) method
