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| u | DEFINITION: Probability of a successful |
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| outcome
of the system or component. |
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| l | Reliability
is also defined in terms of system |
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| requirements. |
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| u | Thus,
to evaluate a system it is necessary to know the |
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| goals
and purposes of the system. |
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| l | Reliability
is a probabilistic term. |
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| u | Never
seen the perfect system. |
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| u | Calculation
of Reliability |
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| l | R = (# of successful operations)/(total
# of operations) |
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| l | R = 1 -
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