Title :
A study of complete lattice in multi-state coherent system reliability analysis
Author :
Yu Pang ; Xide Lai
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Energy & Environ., Xihua Univ., Chengdu, China
Abstract :
Systematic reliability analysis of a multi-state coherent system (MCS) is presented in this paper. Most available models for reliability purpose are addressed under the following assumptions: (1). the state sets of the system and its components are totally ordered. (2). the system and its components are considered to be in one of two states: perfect functioning or complete failure. However, both of the two model assumptions over-simplify the reality and limit the model application. In this paper, the multi-state coherent system is analyzed on the assumption that the state sets of the system and its components are complete lattices from probabilistic and possibilistic point of view.
Keywords :
failure analysis; lattice theory; probability; reliability; MCS; complete failure; complete lattice; model application; multistate coherent system; perfect functioning; probabilistic; systematic reliability analysis; Degradation; Finite element analysis; Lattices; Reliability engineering; Reliability theory; Safety; coherent system; complete lattice; multi-state; possibilistic; probabilistic;
Conference_Titel :
Quality, Reliability, Risk, Maintenance, and Safety Engineering (QR2MSE), 2013 International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Chengdu
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4799-1014-4
DOI :
10.1109/QR2MSE.2013.6625572
