Title :
On the Evaluation of the Reliability of k-out-of-n Systems
Author_Institution :
Institute for Information Sciences; University of Tubingen; Köstlinstr. 6; D-7400 Tÿbingen; Fed. Rep. GERMANY.
Abstract :
The paper provides some correcting remarks on several methods to determine the k-out-of-n:G system reliability - a problem that has taken more than its share in the literature. A Jain-Gopal paper presents two algorithms JG-1 and JG-2 to evaluate the reliability of a k-out-of-n System. The comparison of the computational costs of JG-1 with those of JG-2 and with other existing algorithms, especially Barlow-Heidtmann, need to be restated.
Keywords :
Algorithm design and analysis; Combinatorial mathematics; Computational complexity; Computational efficiency; Counting circuits; Iterative algorithms; Reactive power; Reliability engineering; Strontium; Computational complexity; Symbolic computation; k-out-of-n:G system;
Journal_Title :
Reliability, IEEE Transactions on
DOI :
10.1109/TR.1987.5222432
