• DocumentCode
    1354657
  • Title

    The Most Important Component in a Consecutive-k-out-of-n:F System

  • Author

    Papastavridis, Stavros

  • Author_Institution
    University of Patras, Patras, Head; Applied Mathematics Division; 261 10 Patras; GREECE.
  • Issue
    2
  • fYear
    1987
  • fDate
    6/1/1987 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    266
  • Lastpage
    268
  • Abstract
    A simple formula is given for the Birnbaum importance of a component in a consecutive-k-out-of-n:F system. It is proved that for i.i.d. components, the most important ones are in the middle of the sequence of components.
  • Keywords
    Costs; Independent component analysis; Q measurement; Reliability theory; Research and development; Telecommunication computing; Telecommunication network reliability; Birnbaum measure; Consecutive-k-out-of-n:F system; Reliability importance;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Reliability, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9529
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/TR.1987.5222364
  • Filename
    5222364
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=1354657