The reliability equation for a mechanical system with two items of equipment in parallel is: R system = [1 – (1 - R equipment 1) (1 - R equipment 2)] Using 95% reliability for all equipment, the ...

It's hard to talk about a networking, telecom, or wireless box architecture today without mentioning reliability. With traditional telecommunication operators once again taking the point in the ...

The parametric binomial method makes use of the Weibull distribution to define the reliability (R) in the above binomial equation. Given a reliability requirement (R) for a mission time (T), and a ...

But system design is only one factor in the reliability equation. Operations and maintenance issues can be just as critical as the initial system design. In fact, as Wally Vahlstrom points out in “A ...