Title :
Bounds on Reliability of a Coherent System with Positively Correlated Components
Author_Institution :
Massey University, Palmerston North
Abstract :
An upper bound on the reliability of a coherent system of positively correlated components is obtained via an improved Bonferroni inequality. An example is given. The bound is sharper if the joint survival probability is known for each pair of components.
Keywords :
Electric shock; Exponential distribution; Power system reliability; Random variables; Reliability theory; Stress; Tree graphs; Upper bound;
Journal_Title :
Reliability, IEEE Transactions on
DOI :
10.1109/TR.1986.4335532
