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A probabilistic model checking approach to analysing reliability, availability, and maintainability of a single satellite system

  • Zhaoguang Peng
  • , Yu Lu*
  • , Alice Miller
  • , Chris Johnson
  • , Tingdi Zhao
  • *Corresponding author for this work
  • Beihang University
  • University of Glasgow

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Abstract

Satellites now form a core component for space based systems such as GPS and GLONAS which provide location and timing information for a variety of uses. Such satellites are designed to operate in-orbit and have lifetimes of 10 years or more. Reliability, availability and maintainability (RAM) analysis of these systems has been indispensable in the design phase of satellites in order to achieve minimum failures or to increase mean time between failures (MTBF) and thus to plan maintainability strategies, optimise reliability and maximise availability. In this paper, we present formal modelling of a single satellite and logical specification of its reliability, availability and maintainability properties. The probabilistic model checker PRISM has been used to perform automated quantitative analyses of these properties.

Original languageEnglish
Pages611-616
Number of pages6
DOIs
StatePublished - 2013
EventUKSim-AMSS 7th European Modelling Symposium on Computer Modelling and Simulation, EMS 2013 - Manchester, United Kingdom
Duration: 20 Nov 201322 Nov 2013

Conference

ConferenceUKSim-AMSS 7th European Modelling Symposium on Computer Modelling and Simulation, EMS 2013
Country/TerritoryUnited Kingdom
CityManchester
Period20/11/1322/11/13

Keywords

  • availability and maintainability (RAM) analysis
  • continuous time Markov chains (CTMCs)
  • probabilistic model checking
  • reliability
  • satellite systems

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