Reliability analysis for a circular consecutive-2-out-of-n:F repairable system with priority in repair

Reliability Engineering and System Safety

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 113-120

  Zhang, Yuan Lin ^a   Zuo, Ming J ^b   Yam, Richard C M ^c  

^a SOUTHEAST UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FAILURE ANALYSIS; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; REPAIR;

GENERALIZED TRANSITION PROBABILITY; MEAN TIME BETWEEN FAILURES;

RELIABILITY;

EID: 0033734909     PISSN: 09518320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0951-8320(99)00076-9     Document Type: Article

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