Asymptotic confidence limits for the steady state availability of a two-unit parallel system with 'preparation time' for the repair facility

Asia-Pacific Journal of Operational Research

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 249-256

  Yadavalli, Venkata S S ^a   Botha, M ^b   Bekker, A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AFRICA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Asymptotic confidence limits; Availability; Reliability; Repair facility; Steady state

Indexed keywords

AVAILABILITY; FAILURE ANALYSIS; MATRIX ALGEBRA; RELIABILITY; REPAIR;

ASYMPTOTIC CONFIDENCE LIMITS; REPAIRABLE SYSTEMS;

OPERATIONS RESEARCH;

EID: 0036874572     PISSN: 02175959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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