Reliability function of a class of time-dependent systems with standby redundancy

European Journal of Operational Research

Volumn 164, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 378-386

  Azaron, Amir ^a   Katagiri, Hideki ^a   Sakawa, Masatoshi ^a   Modarres, Mohammad ^b  

^a HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b SHARIF UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Graph theory; Markov processes; Reliability

Indexed keywords

FUNCTIONS; GRAPH THEORY; MARKOV PROCESSES; RANDOM PROCESSES; RELIABILITY;

RELIABILITY FUNCTION; SHORTEST PATH ANALYSIS; STANDBY REDUNDANCY; TIME-DEPENDENT SYSTEMS;

OPERATIONS RESEARCH;

EID: 10444273958     PISSN: 03772217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejor.2003.10.044     Document Type: Article

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