| Article ID: | iaor20013303 |
| Country: | Japan |
| Volume: | 43 |
| Issue: | 4 |
| Start Page Number: | 448 |
| End Page Number: | 454 |
| Publication Date: | Dec 2000 |
| Journal: | Journal of the Operations Research Society of Japan |
| Authors: | Masuda Yasushi, Yamakawa Shigetaka |
| Keywords: | probability, stochastic processes |
A compound dependability measure is proposed and analyzed under the Markovian assumption by Csenki. We extend his analysis to the semi-Markov setting and obtain the corresponding closed form expression. The analysis is quite simple and transform-free. The resulting formula has a clear probabilistic interpretation. As a numerical example, we explore the behavior of a multi-mode system with periodic maintenance.