| Title | Analysis of a two-level software rejuvenation policy |
| Publication Type | Journal Article |
| Year of Publication | 2005 |
| Authors | W Xie, Y Hong, and K Trivedi |
| Journal | Reliability Engineering and System Safety |
| Volume | 87 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Start Page | 13 |
| Pagination | 13 - 22 |
| Date Published | 01/2005 |
| Abstract | A two-level rejuvenation policy for software systems with degradation process is studied. Both full restarts and partial restarts are considered in this rejuvenation strategy. A semi-Markov process model is constructed, and based on its closed-form solution we obtain the system availability as a bivariate function. Then, the rejuvenation policy is analyzed to maximize the system availability. Several different scenarios of software rejuvenation strategy are demonstrated by numerical examples. © 2004 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. |
| DOI | 10.1016/j.ress.2004.02.011 |
| Short Title | Reliability Engineering and System Safety |