Network Reliability Modeling Based on a Geometric Counting Process

Somayeh Zarezadeh, Somayeh Ashrafi and Majid Asadi
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Somayeh Zarezadeh: Department of Statistics, Shiraz University, Shiraz 71454, Iran
Somayeh Ashrafi: Department of Statistics, University of Isfahan, Isfahan 81744, Iran
Majid Asadi: Department of Statistics, University of Isfahan, Isfahan 81744, Iran

Mathematics, 2018, vol. 6, issue 10, 1-17

Abstract: In this paper, we investigate the reliability and stochastic properties of an n -component network under the assumption that the components of the network fail according to a counting process called a geometric counting process (GCP). The paper has two parts. In the first part, we consider a two-state network (with states up and down ) and we assume that its components are subjected to failure based on a GCP. Some mixture representations for the network reliability are obtained in terms of signature of the network and the reliability function of the arrival times of the GCP. Several aging and stochastic properties of the network are investigated. The reliabilities of two different networks subjected to the same or different GCPs are compared based on the stochastic order between their signature vectors. The residual lifetime of the network is also assessed where the components fail based on a GCP. The second part of the paper is concerned with three-state networks. We consider a network made up of n components which starts operating at time t = 0 . It is assumed that, at any time t > 0 , the network can be in one of three states up , partial performance or down . The components of the network are subjected to failure on the basis of a GCP, which leads to change of network states. Under these scenarios, we obtain several stochastic and dependency characteristics of the network lifetime. Some illustrative examples and plots are also provided throughout the article.

Keywords: two-dimensional signature; multi-state network; totally positive of order 2; stochastic order; stochastic process (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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