ON THE UNCERTAINTY OF A SYSTEM RELIABILITY ESTIMATE

Authors
LINDQVIST B
Citation
B. Lindqvist, ON THE UNCERTAINTY OF A SYSTEM RELIABILITY ESTIMATE, Reliability engineering & systems safety, 46(3), 1994, pp. 263-269
Citations number
12
Categorie Soggetti
Operatione Research & Management Science","Engineering, Industrial
Journal title
Reliability engineering & systems safety → ACNP
ISSN journal
09518320
Volume
46
Issue
3
Year of publication
1994
Pages
263 - 269
Database
ISI
SICI code
0951-8320(1994)46:3<263:OTUOAS>2.0.ZU;2-4
Abstract
We study the uncertainty of a system reliability estimate, based on kn owledge of the uncertainties at component level. For many purposes, th e standard deviation of the system reliability serves as a satisfactor y measure of uncertainty. The main purpose of the paper is to review a nd compare some computationally simple upper bounds for this standard deviation.