Two Formulas for Computing the Reliability of Incomplete k-out-of-n:G Systems

IEEE Transactions on Reliability

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 421-429

  Behr, A ^a,b   Camarinopoulos, L ^a  

^a TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Coherent binary system; Domination theory; Fc out of w system; Highly redundant system; System reliability

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROBABILITY; RELIABILITY;

COHERENT BINARY SYSTEMS; DOMINATION THEORY; HIGHLY REDUNDANT SYSTEMS;

COMPUTER SYSTEMS;

EID: 0031222319     PISSN: 00189529     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/24.664015     Document Type: Article

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