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Robbie
November 12th, 2009, 06:50 AM
In blocksim, the QCP gives a mean availability measure. If my simulated model is three blocks in parallel (A, B and C), I assume the availability calculation is then 1-((1-A)*(1-B)*(1-C)) - does this apply even when the blocks have different throughput (and hence importance)? e.g. Say A=50 units/time, B=40 and C=10. The reason I ask is the above equation I gave treats the blocks equally.

Pantelis
November 12th, 2009, 05:57 PM
The availability should be the same regardless of what the throughput is ….