Economic design of a circular consecutive-k-out-of-n:F system with (k - 1)-step Markov dependence

Reliability Engineering and System Safety

Volumn 92, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 464-478

  Yun, Won Young ^a   Kim, Gui Rae ^a   Yamamoto, Hisashi ^b  

^a Pusan National University   (South Korea)

^b TOKYO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

(k 1) Step Markov dependence; Circular consecutive k out of n:F system; Reliability

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FAILURE ANALYSIS; RELIABILITY THEORY; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS;

(K - 1)-STEP MARKOV DEPENDENCE; CIRCULAR CONSECUTIVE-K-OUT-OF-N:F SYSTEMS; SYSTEM RELIABILITY;

MARKOV PROCESSES;

EID: 33845608669     PISSN: 09518320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ress.2005.12.007     Document Type: Article

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