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Preface
Equipment readiness and mission continuity are important elements of equipment
operation effectiveness. Equipment availability is an important parameter describ-
ing equipment readiness and mission continuity. In actual use, equipment avail-
ability parameters are generally divided into steady-state availability parameters
and instantaneous availability parameters.
Over the years, the research and applications of steady-state availability have
been widely appreciated. However, with the increasing complexity of equipment
functions, fault laws and protection laws of equipment are becoming more and
more difficult to grasp. When new equipmen ...