Reliability for sparsely connected consecutive-k systems

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Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)516-524
Journal / PublicationIEEE Transactions on Reliability
Volume56
Issue number3
Publication statusPublished - Sept 2007
Externally publishedYes

Abstract

We introduce the system of consecutive failures with sparse d which is a natural extension of consecutive-k systems. Then a series of generalizations of consecutive- k systems are discussed, such as consecutive-k-out-n:F systems with sparse d, M consecutive-k-out-of-n:F systems with sparse d, and (n,f,k):F systems with sparse d. We present the formulation for the system reliability of these generalized consecutive-k systems with various component settings in terms of the finite Markov Chain imbedding idea, along with two numerical examples. © 2007 IEEE.

Research Area(s)

  • Consecutive-k system with sparse d, Finite Markov chain imbedding approach, System reliability

Citation Format(s)

Reliability for sparsely connected consecutive-k systems. / Zhao, Xian; Cui, Lirong; Kuo, Way.
In: IEEE Transactions on Reliability, Vol. 56, No. 3, 09.2007, p. 516-524.

Research output: Journal Publications and ReviewsRGC 21 - Publication in refereed journalpeer-review