• DocumentCode
    1344282
  • Title

    A Method of Symbolic Steady-State Availability Evaluation of k-out-of-n:G System

  • Author

    Gupta, Hariom ; Sharma, Jaydev

  • Author_Institution
    Electrical Engineering Dept; University of Roorkee; Roorkee - 247 672 INDIA.
  • Issue
    1
  • fYear
    1979
  • fDate
    4/1/1979 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    56
  • Lastpage
    57
  • Abstract
    This paper presents a method for computing the symbolic steady-state (s.s.) availability of a k-out-of-n:G system which can be represented by a Markov process with constant transition rates. Units have 3 states. The method is particularly suitable when s.s. availability must be evaluated repeatedly for the fixed configuration and several transition rates.
  • Keywords
    Availability; Equations; Hazards; Markov processes; Reliability theory; Steady-state; Digraph; Intrees; Steady-state availability; Transition matrix;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Reliability, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9529
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/TR.1979.5220475
  • Filename
    5220475