Basic definitions -- 1

• Reliability, R(t), of a system -- the probability that the system will not fail within time t, given that it was not failed at time 0.

• Probability of Failure, F(t), of a system -- the probability that the system will fail within time t, given that it was not failed at time 0.

• F(t) = 1 - R(t) (1)

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