On the reliability of generalized consecutive systems

Nonlinear Analysis, Theory, Methods and Applications

Volumn 30, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 5425-5429

  Preuss, Wolfgang ^a  

^a DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Connected X out of (m,n):F lattice system; Consecutive k within m out of n:F system; Consecutive k out of n:F system; Consecutively connected system; K within (r,s) out of (m,n):F lattice system; Reliability

Indexed keywords

EID: 0041725776     PISSN: 0362546X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0362-546X(96)00114-9     Document Type: Article

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