Optimal Designs of {k,n—k+1}-out-of-n:F Systems (Subject to 2 Failure Modes)

IEEE Transactions on Reliability

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 1991, Pages 559-562

  Pham, Hoang ^a   Pham, Michelle ^a  

^a IDAHO NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

k out of n system; Mean system profit; Multiple failure modes; Optimal design; Reliability cost optimization

Indexed keywords

FAILURE ANALYSIS; OPTIMIZATION; PROBABILITY; RELIABILITY - COSTS; SYSTEMS ENGINEERING;

K-OUT-OF-N-SYSTEM; MEAN SYSTEM-PROFIT; MULTIPLE FAILURE MODES; OPTIMAL DESIGN; RELIABILITY-COST OPTIMIZATION;

RELIABILITY THEORY;

EID: 0026385163     PISSN: 00189529     EISSN: 15581721     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/24.106777     Document Type: Article

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