Mean Time Between Failures (A Signal Maintenance Term) (MTBF)
Mean Time Between Failures (A Signal Maintenance Term) (MTBF) :
The mean time between failures of a system. Calculations of MTBF assume that a system is renewed, i.e. fixed, after each failure, and then returned to service immediately after failure
Peter Milne and Kieran Sharp, ARRB Group, and Bob Ungers, consultant, Austroads Glossary of Terms (4th Ed.), Austroads Ltd., Sydney, NSW, Australia 2010. http://www.bicyclensw.org.au/files/u1/Austroads_Gl ossary_of_Terms_4th_edition.pdf (Road Trfc and Transp Sfty - Brit) {529}