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The survival signature was recently introduced to simplify quantification of reliability for systems and networks. It is based on the structure function, which expresses whether or not a system functions given the status of its components. In this paper, we show how a straightforward generalization of the structure function can provide a suitable tool for scenarios of uncertainty and indeterminacy about functioning of a system for the next task. We embed this generalization into the survival signature, leading to a more flexible tool for quantification of the system reliability and related measures of dependability.
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Coolen, F.P.A., Coolen-Maturi, T. (2015). Modelling Uncertain Aspects of System Dependability with Survival Signatures. In: Zamojski, W., Sugier, J. (eds) Dependability Problems of Complex Information Systems. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, vol 307. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-08964-5_2
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