Slides - Åbo Akademi
Slides - Åbo Akademi
Slides - Åbo Akademi
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Parallel Systems<br />
Redundant system – failure of one component<br />
does not lead to failure of the entire system<br />
The system will remain operational if at least<br />
one of the parallel elements is functioning<br />
correctly<br />
Reliability of the parallel system is determined by considering first<br />
probability of failure (unreliability) of an individual component and then<br />
the overall system:<br />
N∏<br />
R(t) = 1 − (1 − R i (t))<br />
i=1