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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 16, 2015
Filed:
Jul. 23, 2013
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Jeanne P. S. Bickford, Essex Junction, VT (US);
Nazmul Habib, South Burlington, VT (US);
Baozhen Li, South Burlington, VT (US);
Pascal A. Nsame, Essex Junction, VT (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A remaining time to replace can be updated taking into account time variation of a failure mechanism of a device. Starting with an initial remaining time to replace, an effective operating time can be determined periodically based on an operating parameter measured at a tracking interval, and remaining time to replace can be updated by subtracting the effective operating time. The technique can be applied to multiple failure mechanisms and to multiple devices and/or components each having multiple failure mechanisms.