Title :
Direct Computation for Consecutive-k-out-of-n: F Systems
Author :
Bollinger, Richard C.
Author_Institution :
The Behrend College; The Pennsylvania State Univ.; Station Rd; Erie, PA 16563 USA.
Abstract :
A consecutive-k-out-of-n: F system has n i.i.d. components; the system fails if any k consecutive components fail. This paper gives a simple, direct combinatorial method for determining the system failure probability.
Keywords :
Bibliographies; Educational institutions; Protection; Reliability engineering; Reliability theory; Consecutive-k-out-of-n: F System;
Journal_Title :
Reliability, IEEE Transactions on
DOI :
10.1109/TR.1982.5221424
