Title: Performance assessment of systems including conflict in the context of dynamic reliability

Authors: Gabriel Antonio Perez Castaneda, Jean-Francois Aubry, Nicolae Brinzei

Addresses: Centre de Recherche en Automatique de Nancy, CNRS UMR 7039, Nancy-Universite, INPL, 2, avenue de la foret de Haye, 54516, Vandoeuvre-les-Nancy, France; Instituto Tecnologico de Tehuacan, Libramiento Instituto, Tecnologico s/n, 75770, Tehuacan, Puebla, Mexico. ' Centre de Recherche en Automatique de Nancy, CNRS UMR 7039, Nancy-Universite, INPL, 2, avenue de la foret de Haye, 54516, Vandoeuvre-les-Nancy, France. ' Centre de Recherche en Automatique de Nancy, CNRS UMR 7039, Nancy-Universite, INPL, 2, avenue de la foret de Haye, 54516, Vandoeuvre-les-Nancy, France

Abstract: This article presents the assessment performed through a Monte Carlo simulation of the dependability parameters in a context of dynamic reliability. For that, the system is modelled by a stochastic hybrid automaton which has been defined formally. This stochastic hybrid automaton allows taking into account an important problem of the dynamic reliability: the different behaviours under the occurrence of events. The conflict that appears at any given time during the simulation representing the choice of one of these possible behaviours is determined by a probabilistic choice; a probability distribution is associated to each conflict. This approach is illustrated on a case-study represented by the temperature control system of an oven.

Keywords: dynamic reliability; stochastic hybrid automaton; performance assessment; probabilistic conflict; Monte Carlo simulation; dependability parameters; modelling; oven temperature control.

DOI: 10.1504/IJAIS.2010.034802

International Journal of Adaptive and Innovative Systems, 2010 Vol.1 No.3/4, pp.233 - 247

Published online: 23 Aug 2010 *

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