Software Tool for Importance Measures Computation Used in Reliability Analysis

Abstract

In Reliability analysis, there are four main steps to perform. These steps are selection of the mathematical model that represents system states, selection of the mathematical representation that represents the operation of the system, quantitative and qualitative reliability analysis and to conclude the obtained results. In Faculty of Management Science and Informatics, there is a course called Reliability engineering in which reliability analysis is taught. During the course, the students are taught about the basic of the reliability engineering and reliability analysis. During this process, there are various topics that can be more challenging for a student, such as computation of the Importance measures. Thanks to this, we developed a software tool for such computation and this tool is also usable for the research activities in our faculty. By implementing this software tool in the teaching process in subject of the reliability engineering the students can better understand, how these measures can be computed and how can they be used for localizing weak spots in the system. Results from this tool can be then used in term projects and assignments by students of in research activities that uses these measures in reliability analysis.