An algorithmic approach for the dynamic reliability analysis of non-repairable multi-state weighted k-out-of-n:G system

Reliability Engineering and System Safety

Volumn 131, Issue , 2014, Pages 61-65

  Eryilmaz, Serkan ^a   Riza Bozbulut, Ali ^b  

^a ATILIM UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b TMA Defense Sciences Institute   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Monte Carlo simulation; Multi state weighted k out of n:G system; Survival function

Indexed keywords

INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS; MARKOV PROCESSES;

ALGORITHMIC APPROACH; COMPUTATIONAL RESULTS; DYNAMIC RELIABILITY ANALYSIS; DYNAMIC SETUP; K-OUT-OF-N: G SYSTEM; MONTE-CARLO SIMULATIONS; PERFORMANCE LEVEL; SURVIVAL FUNCTION;

ALGORITHMS;

EID: 84905564720     PISSN: 09518320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ress.2014.06.017     Document Type: Article

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