Spallation Neutron Source Availability Top-Down Apportionment Using Characteristic Factors and Expert Opinion
Description:
Apportionment is the assignment of top-level requirements to lower tier elements of the overall facility. A method for apportioning overall facility availability requirements among systems and subsystems is presented. Characteristics that influence equipment reliability and maintainability are discussed. Experts, using engineering judgment, scored each characteristic for each system whose availability design goal is to be established. The Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) method is used to produ…
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Date:
October 1, 1999
Creator:
Haire, M.J. & Schryver, J.C.
Partner:
UNT Libraries Government Documents Department