A Direct Algorithm for Computing Reliability of a Consecutive-k Cycle

IEEE Transactions on Reliability

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 1988, Pages 70-72

  Hwang, F K ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Consecutivek out of n system; equation; Recursive

Indexed keywords

MATHEMATICAL TECHNIQUES - COMBINATORIAL MATHEMATICS;

CONSECUTIVE-K CYCLE; RECURSIVE EQUATIONS;

RELIABILITY THEORY;

EID: 0023999089     PISSN: 00189529     EISSN: 15581721     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/24.3716     Document Type: Article

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