A two-unit parallel system supported by (n - 2) standbys with general and non-identical lifetimes

International Journal of Systems Science

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 1-12

  Papageorgiou, Effie ^a   Kokolakis, George ^a  

^a NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVAILABILITY; FAILURE ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROBABILITY; RELIABILITY;

TWO UNIT PARALLEL SYSTEM; TWO UNIT STANDBY SYSTEM MODELS;

PARALLEL PROCESSING SYSTEMS;

EID: 1642299839     PISSN: 00207721     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00207720310001657027     Document Type: Article

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