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Implications of a failure model for the use and maintenance of computers

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 July 2016

P. A. W. Lewis
P. A. W. Lewis*
Affiliation:
Birkbeck College, London, and IBM Research Laboratories, San Jose, California
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Abstract

In a previous paper a branching Poisson process model was derived to explain deviations from a Poisson process in computer failure patterns. Physically the deviations arise because an attempt to repair a computer is not always successful and the failure recurs a relatively short time later. In this paper we discuss the implications of this model for the use and maintenance of computers.

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Journal of Applied Probability , Volume 1 , Issue 2 , December 1964 , pp. 347 - 368
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Copyright © Applied Probability Trust 

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