TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1986//
TI  - Monte Carlo reliability modeling by inhomogeneous Markov processes
JO  - Reliability engineering
A1  - Lewis, E.E.
A1  - Zhuguo, Tu
SP  - 277
EP  - 296
VL  - 16
IS  - 4
N2  - Markov Monte Carlo methods for reliability calculations are generalized to include inhomogeneous Markov processes. Two new sampling techniques allow the treatment of time-dependent failure rates and of preventive maintenance. Incorporation of periodic testing and repair models allows classes of revealed and unrevealed failures to be combined in problems with wear, periodic maintenance and component dependencies. Numerical illustrations of these phenomena are presented for one, two and multiple component systems.<p /> 
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SN  - 0143-8174
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0143-8174(86)90098-3
ID  - ref1
ER  -