• DocumentCode
    1014354
  • Title

    Reliability of a general consecutive-k-out-of-n:F system

  • Author

    Sfakianakis, Michael E. ; Papastavridis, Stavros G.

  • Author_Institution
    Athens Univ., Greece
  • Volume
    42
  • Issue
    3
  • fYear
    1993
  • fDate
    9/1/1993 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    491
  • Lastpage
    496
  • Abstract
    A linear (circular) consecutive-k-out-of-n:F system consists of n components ordered on a line (circle). Each component and the system have two states: good or failed. The system fails if and only if at least k consecutive components fail. The reliability of such systems is computed. The most general case is examined without any restriction on the components
  • Keywords
    probability; reliability theory; circular system; consecutive-k-out-of-n:F system; linear system; reliability; Chaos; Computer aided software engineering; Computer network reliability; Computer networks; Petroleum; Pipelines; Reliability theory; Telecommunication computing; Telecommunication network reliability; Vacuum systems;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Reliability, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9529
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/24.257837
  • Filename
    257837