TY - BOOK AU - Bauer,Eric AU - Zhang,Xuemei AU - Kimber,Douglas A. TI - Practical system reliability / SN - 9780470408605 AV - TK5102.5 .B3445 2009 U1 - 620.00452 BA.P 2009 G.C 23 PY - 2009/// CY - Piscataway, NJ : , Hoboken, N.J. PB - IEEE Press ; , Wiley, KW - Telecommunication systems KW - Reliability KW - Computer networks KW - System analysis KW - Mathematical models KW - high availability N1 - Includes bibliographical references (pages 265-277) and index; Introduction -- System availability -- Conceptual model of reliability and availability -- Why availability varies between customers -- Modeling availability -- Estimating parameters and availability from field data -- Estimating input parameters from lab data -- Estimating input parameters in the architecture/design stage -- Prediction accuracy -- Connecting the dots -- Summary -- Appendix A: System reliability report outline -- Appendix B: Reliability and availability theory -- Appendix C: Software reliability growth module -- Appendix D: Acronyms and abbreviations -- Appendix E: Bibliography N2 - This text explains how system availability and software reliability relate to real-world telecommunications systems. Readers will gain knowledge of how to understand, model, predict, and manage system availability throughout the development cycle ER -