Reliability Simulation of System with Periodic Test Based on Monte Carlo Method

Abstract

Monte Carlo method is an experimental simulation approach to analyze system reliability parameters. Direct component-based Monte Carlo method is very common in system reliability simulation. Periodic test is a special and complex routine maintenance method, in which part system components are tested completely and replaced by new ones if it was needed. This kind of maintenance method makes system components recovering their reliability periodically and components states being discontinuous with sudden changes after periodic test. Based on direct Monte Carlo method, this paper divides the whole mission time into several parts to simulate the system reliability with periodic test.