Title :
Applications of the Sojourn - Time Problem to Reliability
Author :
Nakagawa, Toshio ; Osaki, Shunji
Author_Institution :
Department of Mathematics//Meijo University//Nagoya 468, Japan.
Abstract :
The sojourn-time problem of Takáes can be applied to reliability theory. This note reviews Takács´ results and applies them to redundant systems, cumulative damage, and a system under non-homogeneous operating conditions.
Keywords :
Cybernetics; Maintenance engineering; Random variables; Redundancy; Reliability engineering; Reliability theory; Stochastic processes; Stochastic systems; USA Councils;
Journal_Title :
Reliability, IEEE Transactions on
DOI :
10.1109/TR.1975.5214916
