Reliability optimization of a redundant system with failure dependencies

Reliability Engineering and System Safety

Volumn 92, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1627-1634

  Yu, Haiyang ^a   Chu, Chengbin ^a,b   Châtelet, Eric ^a   Yalaoui, Farouk ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE TECHNOLOGIE DE TROYES   (France)

^b HEFEI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Dependence function; Markov system; Redundant dependency; Reliability optimisation

Indexed keywords

DEPENDENCE FUNCTION; FAILED COMPONENT; FAILURE DEPENDENCY; MULTI-COMPONENT SYSTEM; RECONFIGURATION; REDUNDANT SYSTEM; SYSTEM LOADING;

FAILURE ANALYSIS; MARKOV PROCESSES; OPTIMIZATION; REDUNDANCY; RELIABILITY THEORY; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS;

RELIABILITY ANALYSIS;

EID: 34447630065     PISSN: 09518320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ress.2006.09.015     Document Type: Article

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