Reliability analysis with dynamic reliability block diagrams in the Möbius modeling tool

Ken Keefe; William H. Sanders

doi:10.4108/eai.14-12-2015.2262723

Reliability analysis with dynamic reliability block diagrams in the Möbius modeling tool

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Abstract

Reliability block diagram (RBD) models are a commonly used reliability analysis method. For static RBD models, combinatorial solution techniques are easy and efficient. However, static RBDs are limited in their ability to express varying system state, dependent events, and non-series-parallel topologies. A recent extension to RBDs, called Dynamic Reliability Block Diagrams (DRBD), has eliminated those limitations. This tool paper details the RBD implementation in the Möbius modeling framework and provides technical details for using RBDs independently or in composition with other Mobius modeling formalisms. The paper explains how the graphical front-end provides a user-friendly interface for specifying RBD models. The back-end implementation that interfaces with the Möbius AFI to define and generate executable models that the Möbius tool uses to evaluate system metrics is also detailed.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	9th EAI International Conference on Performance Evaluation Methodologies and Tools, ValueTools 2015
Editors	Marco Gribaudo, Philipp Reinecke, Katinka Wolter, William Knottenbelt, Ana Busic
Publisher	ICST
ISBN (Electronic)	9781631900969
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.4108/eai.14-12-2015.2262723
State	Published - Jan 1 2015
Event	9th EAI International Conference on Performance Evaluation Methodologies and Tools, ValueTools 2015 - Berlin, Germany Duration: Dec 14 2015 → Dec 16 2015

Publication series

Name	9th EAI International Conference on Performance Evaluation Methodologies and Tools, ValueTools 2015

Other

Other	9th EAI International Conference on Performance Evaluation Methodologies and Tools, ValueTools 2015
Country	Germany
City	Berlin
Period	12/14/15 → 12/16/15

Keywords

Availability modeling
Continuous time Markov chain models
Mobius atomic model formalism
Reliability modeling
State-based reliability model

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Information Systems

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Keefe, K., & Sanders, W. H. (2015). Reliability analysis with dynamic reliability block diagrams in the Möbius modeling tool. In M. Gribaudo, P. Reinecke, K. Wolter, W. Knottenbelt, & A. Busic (Eds.), 9th EAI International Conference on Performance Evaluation Methodologies and Tools, ValueTools 2015 (9th EAI International Conference on Performance Evaluation Methodologies and Tools, ValueTools 2015). ICST. https://doi.org/10.4108/eai.14-12-2015.2262723

Reliability analysis with dynamic reliability block diagrams in the Möbius modeling tool. / Keefe, Ken; Sanders, William H.

9th EAI International Conference on Performance Evaluation Methodologies and Tools, ValueTools 2015. ed. / Marco Gribaudo; Philipp Reinecke; Katinka Wolter; William Knottenbelt; Ana Busic. ICST, 2015. (9th EAI International Conference on Performance Evaluation Methodologies and Tools, ValueTools 2015).

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Keefe, K & Sanders, WH 2015, Reliability analysis with dynamic reliability block diagrams in the Möbius modeling tool. in M Gribaudo, P Reinecke, K Wolter, W Knottenbelt & A Busic (eds), 9th EAI International Conference on Performance Evaluation Methodologies and Tools, ValueTools 2015. 9th EAI International Conference on Performance Evaluation Methodologies and Tools, ValueTools 2015, ICST, 9th EAI International Conference on Performance Evaluation Methodologies and Tools, ValueTools 2015, Berlin, Germany, 12/14/15. https://doi.org/10.4108/eai.14-12-2015.2262723

Keefe K, Sanders WH. Reliability analysis with dynamic reliability block diagrams in the Möbius modeling tool. In Gribaudo M, Reinecke P, Wolter K, Knottenbelt W, Busic A, editors, 9th EAI International Conference on Performance Evaluation Methodologies and Tools, ValueTools 2015. ICST. 2015. (9th EAI International Conference on Performance Evaluation Methodologies and Tools, ValueTools 2015). https://doi.org/10.4108/eai.14-12-2015.2262723

Keefe, Ken ; Sanders, William H. / Reliability analysis with dynamic reliability block diagrams in the Möbius modeling tool. 9th EAI International Conference on Performance Evaluation Methodologies and Tools, ValueTools 2015. editor / Marco Gribaudo ; Philipp Reinecke ; Katinka Wolter ; William Knottenbelt ; Ana Busic. ICST, 2015. (9th EAI International Conference on Performance Evaluation Methodologies and Tools, ValueTools 2015).

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