Non-Markovian State-Space Models in Dependability Evaluation

作者：Distefano Salvatore^*; Trivedi Kishor S

来源：Quality and Reliability Engineering International, 2013, 29(2): 225-239.

DOI：10.1002/qre.1305

• dependability
• state space models
• non-Markovian techniques

The purpose of this paper is to provide an up-to-date treatment of advanced analytic, state-space based techniques to study dependability models with non-exponential distributions. We first provide an overview of different techniques for the solution of non-Markovian state-space based models, including phase-type expansion and a general framework which allows us to deal with renewal, semi-Markov, and Markov-regenerative processes, trying to characterize them on dependability contexts. In the last part of the paper, we illustrate these techniques by means of some examples dealing with common non-exponential reliability behaviors. Our aim is to provide a reference for practising engineers, researchers, and students in state-space dependability modeling and evaluation.

• 出版日期2013-3