Reliability properties of consecutive k-out-of-n systems of arbitrarily dependent components

Eryılmaz, Serkan

Reliability Engineering and System Safety, 2009, vol. 94, issue 2, 350-356

Abstract: In this paper, the reliability properties of consecutive k-out-of-n systems with arbitrarily dependent components are studied. For 2k⩾n we present efficient formulas to compute the reliability characteristics such as meantime to failure, failure rate, and mean residual lifetime. Approximations for the survival functions when 1⩽k⩽n are also provided. The results are illustrated for the multivariate survival distribution generated by a Weibull and Inverse-Gaussian mixture.

Keywords: Arbitrarily dependent lifetimes; Exchangeable lifetimes; Meantime to failure; Failure rate; Mean residual lifetime (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2009
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DOI: 10.1016/j.ress.2008.03.027

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