Citation

Deans ND, Mann DP. Reliab. Eng. 1983; 5(3): 181-195.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1983, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

10.1016/0143-8174(83)90013-6

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

A new concept, based on the use of random signals, is proposed for a computing instrument for simulating the reliability aspects of a system. Random signals interact with deterministic signals. A simulator has been designed and constructed using large-scale integrated circuits. A high degree of parallelism has been incorporated in the design, and the use of asynchronous time-scaling techniques have yielded operational speeds of the order of 108 computations per second. Experiments have been carried out on unreliable systems using the simulator and typically, system lifetimes of 107 hours are simulated by the equipment in approximately on second.