EN 61165:2006

FOREWORD
INTRODUCTION
1 Scope
2 Normative references
3 Terms and definitions
4 Symbols and abbreviations
   4.1 Symbols for state transition diagrams
   4.2 Other symbols and abbreviations
   4.3 Example
5 General description
6 Assumptions and limitations
7 Relationship with other analysis techniques
   7.1 General
   7.2 Fault Tree Analysis (FTA)
   7.3 Reliability Block Diagram (RBD)
   7.4 Petri nets
8 Development of state transition diagrams
   8.1 Prerequisites
   8.2 Rules for development and representation
9 Evaluation
   9.1 General
   9.2 Evaluation of reliability measures
   9.3 Evaluation of availability and maintainability measures
   9.4 Evaluation of safety measures
10 Documentation of results
Annex A (informative) Basic mathematical relationships for
        Markov techniques
Annex B (informative) Example: Development of state
        transition diagrams
Annex C (informative) Example: Numerical evaluation of some
        reliability, availability, maintainability and safety
        measures for a 1-out-of-2 active redundant system
Annex ZA (normative) Normative references to international
         publications with their corresponding European
         publications
Bibliography

This International Standard provides guidance on the application of Markov techniques to model and analyze a system and estimate reliability, availability, maintainability and safety measures. This standard is applicable to all industries where systems, which exhibit state-dependent behaviour, have to be analyzed. The Markov techniques covered by this standard assume constant time-independent state transition rates. Such techniques are often called homogeneous Markov techniques.