Recursive formulas for the reliability of multi-state consecutive-k-out-of-n: G systems

IEEE Transactions on Reliability

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 98-104

  Yamamoto, Hisashi ^a   Zuo, Ming J ^b   Akiba, Tomoaki ^c   Tian, Zhigang ^b  

^a TOKYO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c Yamagata College of Industry and Technology   (Japan)

Author keywords

Consecutive k out of n:G system; Multi state system; Recursive formula; System state distribution

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTATION THEORY; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; RECURSIVE FUNCTIONS;

CONSECUTIVE-K-OUT-OF-N:G SYSTEM; MULTI-STATE SYSTEM; RECURSIVE FORMULA; SYSTEM STATE DISTRIBUTION;

RELIABILITY THEORY;

EID: 33644903465     PISSN: 00189529     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TR.2005.863792     Document Type: Article

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