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Reliability Modelling of a Typical Peripheral Component Interconnect (PCI) System with Dynamic Reliability Modelling Diagram

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As the widely use of complex and large computer system in diverse industries, the demand for achieving a system with high reliability is increasing as well. System reliability is summarized as a sub-concept of system dependability, which is measured by the Mean Time to Fail. The performance of a system is achieved by the quantities, qualities and arrangement of system’s components that construct the system. The reliability model should be constructed with reference to life distributions and maintenance policies of components, and sub-assemblies and assemblies of system components. In this situation, a number of system reliability modelling tools are proposed to model the system reliability. Current research shows that excluding Dynamic Reliability Block Diagrams (DRBD), none alternatives can adequately model dynamic behaviors of a system such as dynamics, dependencies, redundancy and load sharing. In order to guarantee the correctness of the designed DRBD model, verification methodology Colored Petri Nets (CPN) is introduced to verify the DRBD model. Multiprocessor Peripheral Component Interconnect (PCI) system is one of the most widely used computer system. Accurately model its system reliability contributes to establish a computer system with high reliability.

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  1. Dalian Neusoft University of Information, Dalian, China

    Guan Yi & Zhao Jiacong

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  2. School of Computer Science and Engineering, The University of Aizu, Aizu-Wakamatsu, Japan

    Neil Y. Yen

  3. Department of Innovative Information and Technology, Tamkang University, Yilan County, Taiwan

    Lin Hui

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Yi, G., Jiacong, Z. (2019). Reliability Modelling of a Typical Peripheral Component Interconnect (PCI) System with Dynamic Reliability Modelling Diagram. In: Hung, J., Yen, N., Hui, L. (eds) Frontier Computing. FC 2018. Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering, vol 542. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-3648-5_203

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