A framework for reliability approximation of multi-state weighted k-out-of-n systems

IEEE Transactions on Reliability

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 297-308

  Ding, Yi ^a   Zuo, Ming J ^b   Lisnianski, Anatoly ^c   Li, Wei ^d  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c ISRAEL ELECTRIC CORPORATION   (Israel)

^d CITIGROUP   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fuzzy set; K out of system; Multi state system; Recursive algorithm; Reliabilityapproximation; Universal generating function, weighted n out of system

Indexed keywords

CURVE FITTING; FUNCTION EVALUATION; FUZZY SETS;

MULTI-STATE SYSTEM; PERFORMANCE EVALUATIONS; RECURSIVE ALGORITHMS; RELIABILITY APPROXIMATIONS; RELIABILITYAPPROXIMATION; UNIVERSAL GENERATING FUNCTIONS; UNIVERSAL GENERATING FUNCTIONS (UGF); WEIGHTED K-OUT-OF-N SYSTEM;

RELIABILITY THEORY;

EID: 77953105565     PISSN: 00189529     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TR.2010.2048659     Document Type: Article

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