Title :
Reliability of a k-out-of-n warm-standby system
Author :
She, Jieyu ; Pecht, Michael G.
Author_Institution :
CALCE Center for Electron. Packaging, Maryland Univ., College Park, MD, USA
fDate :
3/1/1992 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
A general closed-form equation is developed for system reliability of a k-out-of-n warm-standby system (dormant failures). The equation reduces to the hot and cold standby cases under the appropriate restrictions
Keywords :
reliability theory; closed-form equation; cold standby; dormant failures; hot standby; k-out-of-n warm-standby system; system reliability; Algorithm design and analysis; Combinatorial mathematics; Educational institutions; Equations; Failure analysis; Maintenance; Probability; Redundancy; Reliability theory;
Journal_Title :
Reliability, IEEE Transactions on
