Reliability evaluation of combined k-out-of-n:F, consecutive-k-out-of-n:F, and linear connected-(r, s)-out-of-(m, n):F System structures

IEEE Transactions on Reliability

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 99-104

  Zuo, Ming J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO   (United States)

Author keywords

Combined k out of n : F system; Consecutive k Out of n : F system; Linear connected (r, a) out of (m, n) : F system; Recursive algorithm; System reliability

Indexed keywords

LINEAR CONNECTED SYSTEM; MARKOV CHAIN IMBEDDABLE SYSTEMS; RECURSIVE ALGORITHM;

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS; INDUSTRIAL FURNACES; MARKOV PROCESSES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RECURSIVE FUNCTIONS;

RELIABILITY THEORY;

EID: 0034156488     PISSN: 00189529     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/24.855542     Document Type: Article

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