Title : 
Exact Reliability Formulas for Linear & Circular Consecutive-k-out-of-n:F Systems
         
        
            Author : 
Lambiris, Menelaos ; Papastavridis, Stavros
         
        
            Author_Institution : 
Dept. of Mathematics; University of Patras; Patras, GREECE.
         
        
        
        
            fDate : 
6/1/1985 12:00:00 AM
         
        
        
        
            Abstract : 
A consecutive-k-out-of-n:F system, with n linearly or circularly arranged i.i.d. components is examined. The system reliability has an exact formula which is straight forward and more effective than those given elsewhere; the two formulas are given.
         
        
            Keywords : 
Computer aided software engineering; Linear systems; Pipelines; Reliability theory; Consecutive-k-out-of-n:F system; System reliability;
         
        
        
            Journal_Title : 
Reliability, IEEE Transactions on
         
        
        
        
        
            DOI : 
10.1109/TR.1985.5221969