DocumentCode
1246597
Title
Toward a deeper understanding of the availability of series-systems without aging during repairs
Author
Schneeweiss, Winfrid G.
Volume
54
Issue
1
fYear
2005
fDate
3/1/2005 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
98
Lastpage
99
Abstract
It is shown in detail that the steady-state availability of a series-system with no aging of components during the repair of another one can be interpreted as a conditional probability of the well-known s-independent case conditioned on allowing for at most one failed component at any time. Trivially, this conditional probability is larger than the standard probability, viz. the product of all components´ probabilities. Yet it can be shown that also without this new interpretation of the formula for the availability of a series-system without aging during repairs it is exceptionally easy to prove the fact that by no aging during repairs, the availability of series-systems increases; a most plausible result.
Keywords
failure analysis; maintenance engineering; probability; reliability theory; series (mathematics); component aging; component probability; conditional probability; repair; s-dependence; series-system availability; standard probability; steady-state availability; Absorption; Aging; Algebra; Equations; Steady-state; Aging; conditional probability; s-dependence; series-system availability;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Reliability, IEEE Transactions on
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
0018-9529
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/TR.2004.842086
Filename
1402687
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