On the mean residual life of a generalized k-out-of-n system

S. Goliforushani, M. Xie and N. Balakrishnan

Communications in Statistics - Theory and Methods, 2018, vol. 47, issue 10, 2362-2372

Abstract: A generalized k-out-of-n system consists of N modules in which the i th module is composed of ni components in parallel. The system failswhen at least f components in the whole system or at least k consecutive modules have failed. In this article, we obtain the mean residual life function of such a generalized k-out-of-n system under different conditions, namely, when the number of components in each module is equal or unequal and when the components of the system are independent or exchangeable.

Date: 2018
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DOI: 10.1080/03610926.2014.988266

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