Reliabilities for (n,f,k) systems

Gerard J. Chang, Lirong Cui and Frank K. Hwang

Statistics & Probability Letters, 1999, vol. 43, issue 3, 237-242

Abstract: The (n,f,k) system consists of n components ordered in a line or a cycle, while the system fails if, and only if, there exist at least f failed components or at least k consecutive failed components. For the linear (n,f,k) system with equal component reliabilities, the system reliability formula was given by Sun and Liao (1990). In this paper, we obtain the system reliability formulas for the linear and the circular systems with different component reliabilities by means of a Markov chain method.

Keywords: Consecutive system Markov chain (n; f; k) system Operations Reliability (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1999
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