Slides - Åbo Akademi
Slides - Åbo Akademi
Slides - Åbo Akademi
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Failure Rate<br />
The failure rate of a system (or system component) is the mean<br />
number of failures within a given period of time<br />
The failure rate is a random variable (gives us the probability that<br />
a system, which has been operating over time t, fails over the next<br />
time unit)<br />
The failure rate of a component normally varies with time: λ(t)