• DocumentCode
    76223
  • Title

    Reliability Properties of (n,f,k) Systems

  • Author

    Triantafyllou, Ioannis S. ; Koutras, Markos V.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Stat. & Insurance Sci., Univ. of Piraeus, Piraeus, Greece
  • Volume
    63
  • Issue
    1
  • fYear
    2014
  • fDate
    Mar-14
  • Firstpage
    357
  • Lastpage
    366
  • Abstract
    In the present article we study several reliability properties of (n, f, k) systems. More specifically, for the special case k = 2, we deduce the generating function of a system´s reliability, and discuss techniques for evaluating its signature vector and reliability function. In addition, for the general case (k ≥ 2), we establish some stochastic comparisons between reliability structures´ lifetimes using their signatures, and present several results and applications pertaining to the lifetimes of (n, f, k) systems.
  • Keywords
    reliability theory; vectors; reliability function; signature vector; stochastic comparisons; systems reliability properties; Equations; Markov processes; Mathematical model; Probability; Reliability; Vectors; $(n, f, k)$ system; Samaniego\´s signature; mean conditional lifetimes; stochastic order;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Reliability, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9529
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/TR.2014.2299495
  • Filename
    6722977
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=76223