Optimal redundancies for reliability and availability of series systems

Microelectronics Reliability

Volumn 36, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 1537-1546

  Galikowsky, C ^a   Sivazlian, B D ^a   Chaovalitwongse, P ^a  

^a University of Florida   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVAILABILITY; COST EFFECTIVENESS; OPTIMIZATION; POWER PLANTS; REDUNDANCY; REPAIR; STATISTICAL METHODS; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS;

MEAN TIME TO FAILURE; SERIES SYSTEMS;

RELIABILITY;

EID: 0030269135     PISSN: 00262714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0026-2714(95)00209-X     Document Type: Article

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