DocumentCode
1014129
Title
Comment on "Modeling a shared-load k-out-of-n*G system
Author
Akhtar, Sana
Author_Institution
Dept. of Comput. Sci., Central Michigan Univ., Mt. Pleasant, MI, USA
Volume
41
Issue
2
fYear
1992
fDate
6/1/1992 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
189
Abstract
The commenter states that there is no reason to perform the steady-state analysis as attempted by J. Shao and L.R. Lamberson (see ibid., vol.40, no.2, p.205-9, June 1991) for a Markov chain that has an absorbing failure state. Corrected expressions are provided.<>
Keywords
Markov processes; failure analysis; reliability theory; Markov chain; absorbing failure state; reliability; shared-load k-out-of-n*G system; Application software; Closed-form solution; Computer science; Condition monitoring; Control systems; Minerals; Petroleum; Reliability engineering; Steady-state; USA Councils;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Reliability, IEEE Transactions on
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
0018-9529
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/24.257812
Filename
257812
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