Component failure in large-scale IT installations such as cluster supercomputers or internet service providers is becoming an ever larger problem as the number of processors, memory chips and disks in a single cluster approaches a million. In this paper, we present and analyze field-gathered...

Crevecoeur (1993) developed a three-parameter bathtub-shaped failure rate model that enjoys nice mathematical properties and justification from engineering perspectives. In this paper, we derive the explicit formulas for the maximum likelihood estimation (MLE) of parameters for his model applied...

The aim of the work presented in this paper is to develop a common scientific methodology for the assessment of reliability of the pipeline network energy systems. The developed methodology is applicable for district heating, gas and oil supply networks. The reliability of all these systems...