Abstract

Abstract In this paper, we propose an intuitive and practical method for system reliability analysis. Among the existing methods for system reliability analysis, reliability graph is particularly attractive due to its intuitiveness, even though it is not widely used for system reliability analysis. We provide an explanation for why it is not widely used, and propose a new method, named reliability graph with general gates, which is an extension of the conventional reliability graph. An evaluation method utilizing existing commercial or free software tools are also provided. We conclude that the proposed method is intuitive, easy-to-use, and practical while as powerful as fault tree analysis, which is currently the most widely used method for system reliability analysis.

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