Analysis of repairable consecutive-2-out-of-n: F systems with Markov dependence

International Journal of Systems Science

Volumn 30, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 1285-1295

  Lam, Yeh ^a   Zhang, Yuan Lin ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EID: 5844381908     PISSN: 00207721     EISSN: 14645319     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/002077299291589     Document Type: Article

References (19)

1. Bollinger, R. C., 1982, Direct computation for consecutive-k-out-of-n: F systems. IEEE Transactions on Reliability, 31, 444-446.
2. Bollinger, R. C., 1986.An algorithm for direct computation in consecutive-k-out-of-n: F system. IEEE Transactions on Reliability, 35, 611-612.
3. Bollinger, R. C., and Salvia, A. A., 1982, Consecutive-k-out-of-n: F Networks. IEEE Transactions on Reliability, 31, 53-56.
4. Chao, M. T, Fu, J. C., and Koutras, M V., 1995, Survey of reliability studies of consecutive-k-out-of-n: F & related systems. IEEE Transactions on Reliability, 44, 120-127.
5. Chiang, D., and Chiang, R., 1986, Relayed communication via con-secutive-k-out-of-n: F system. IEEE Transactions on Reliability, 35, 65-67.
6. Chiang, D., and Niu, S. C, 1981, Reliability of consecutive-k-out-of-n: F system. IEEE Transactions on Reliability, 30, 87-89.
7. Fu, J. C., 1986, Reliability of consecutive-k-out-of-n: F systems with (k - 1) -step Markov dependence. IEEE Transactions on Reliability, 35, 602-606.
8. Fu, J. C., and Hu, B., 1987, On reliability of a large consecutive-k-out-of-n: F system with (k - 1) -step Markov dependence. IEEE Transactions on Reliability, 36, 75-77.
9. Ge, G., and Wang, L, 1990, Exact reliability formula for consecutive-k-out-of-n: F systems with homogeneous Markov dependence. IEEE Transactions on Reliability, 39, 600-602.
10. Kontoleon, J. Mi, 1980, Reliability determination of a r-successive-out-of-n: F system. IEEE Transactions on Reliability, 29, 437.
11. Kuo, W., Zhang, W. X., and Zuo, M. J., 1990, A consecutive-k-out-of-n: G system: the mirror image of a consecutive-k-out-of-n: F system. IEEE Transactions on Reliability, 39, 244-253.
12. Lam, Y., 1995, Calculating the rate of occurrence of failures for continuous-time Markov chains with application to a two-component parallel system. Journal of the Operational Research Society, 46, 528-536.
13. Lam, Y., 1997, The rate of occurrence of failures. Journal of Applied Probability, 34, 234-247.
14. Papastavridis, S., and Lambiris, M, 1987, Reliability of a consecu-tive-k-out-of-n: F system for Markov-dependent components. IEEE Transactions on Reliability, 36, 78-79.
15. Ross, S. Mi, 1994, A First Course in Probability, 4th edition (London: Prentice Hall).
16. Tong, Y. L, 1985, A rearrangement inequality for the longest run, with an application to network reliability. Journal of Applied Probability, 22, 386-393.
17. Wu, J. S., and Chen, R. J., 1993, Efficient algorithm for reliability of a circular consecutive-k-out-of-n: F system. IEEE Transactions on Reliability, 42, 163-164.
18. Zhang, Y. L., and Lam, Y., 1998, Reliability of consecutive-k-out-of-n: G repairable system. International Journal of Systems Science, in press.
19. Zhang, Y. L., and Wang, T P., 1996, Repairable consecutive-2-out-of-n: F system. Microelectronics and Reliability, 35, 605-608