Using Markov Diagrams in BlockSim for Availability Analysis

Reliability HotWire is a monthly eMagazine by ReliaSoft providing information and tips on how to best improve your reliability practices and get the most out of ReliaSoft’s tools for reliability and life data analysis.

This Month’s Hot Topic

In the November 2015 issue of Reliability HotWire, the Hot Topics article included a discussion on Markov chains and went through the methodology of how to use a discrete Markov chain in BlockSim in order to analyze a system that can be in several different states of usage or decay. In this issue, we will describe continuous Markov chains and present a methodology to use them for availability estimations for a system (if this feature is supported by your BlockSim license). Read More

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Connect with ReliaSoft at Automotive Testing Expo Europe

ReliaSoft will be exhibiting at the Automotive Testing Expo in Stuttgart on May 31 – June 2. Visit us at booth 1300 to talk with our experts and to learn more about reliability and maintenance engineering solutions for the automotive industry. If you’re not able to attend the expo, you can learn more about ReliaSoft’s automotive solutions at http://www.ReliaSoft.com/solutions/automotive.htm

ReliaSoft Paper Presented at the Global Automotive Conference

Sharon Honecker, ReliaSoft’s Director of Theoretical Development, presented the “Practical Methods for Analyzing Reliability Test Data in the Presence of an Unexpected Failure Mode” paper at the SAE 2016 World Congress and Exhibition 

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