Title :
Reliability of Consecutive-k-out-of-n:F System
Author :
Chiang, Dalen T. ; Niu, Shun-Chen
Author_Institution :
Cleveland State University; Department of Quantitative Business Analysis; Cleveland, Ohio 44115 USA.
fDate :
4/1/1981 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
A reliability diagram with n components in sequence is called consecutive-k-out-of-n:F system if the system fails whenever k consecutive components are failed. This paper presents a recursive formula to compute the exact system reliability, and gives sharp upper and lower bounds for it.
Keywords :
Distributed computing; Failure analysis; Petroleum; Pipelines; Random variables; Relays; Reliability theory; Satellite ground stations; Sections; Telecommunication computing; Consecutive-k-out-of-n:F System; System Reliability;
Journal_Title :
Reliability, IEEE Transactions on
DOI :
10.1109/TR.1981.5220981
