On the Synthesis of Reliable Switching Elements.

Arthur J. Bernstein

ResearchPublished 1962

A study concerned with the possibility of failure in computer switching elements and with the attainment of more reliable performance from unmanned space-borne systems. When such elements fail, they assume either an "on" state or an "off" state, regardless of the instructions from the controller. A method is developed whereby the probability of a network of unreliable switches remaining in either state is made as small as desired. 41 pp

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  • Year: 1962
  • Pages: 41
  • Document Number: RM-3013-PR

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Bernstein, Arthur J., On the Synthesis of Reliable Switching Elements. Santa Monica, CA: RAND Corporation, 1962. https://www.rand.org/pubs/research_memoranda/RM3013.html.
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