Multicomponent Reliability Systems

Abstract

A multicomponent reliability system in which each component is either up (i.e., working) or down (i.e., failed) in accordance with an alternating renewal process is considered. For arbitrary structures the following quantities are derived: The average rate of system failure; the average uptime of the system; and, the average downtime of the system. Further results are also obtained in the special case where the system structure is either series or parallel. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 01, 1974
Accession Number
AD0777954

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  • Sheldon M. Ross

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  • University of California, Berkeley

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