• DocumentCode
    764139
  • Title

    Comment on: Reliability of k-out-of-n:G systems with imperfect fault-coverage

  • Author

    Newton, John

  • Author_Institution
    Sch. of Math. & Comput. Sci., St. Andrews Univ., UK
  • Volume
    44
  • Issue
    1
  • fYear
    1995
  • fDate
    3/1/1995 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    137
  • Lastpage
    138
  • Abstract
    This note comments on the paper "Reliability of k-out-of-n:G systems with imperfect fault-coverage" by S. Akhtar (1994). An alternative probability argument can be used to obtain the MTBF (mean time between failures) and MTTF (mean time to failure) for such systems. This has the advantage that higher moments of such failure times can also be determined.<>
  • Keywords
    failure analysis; probability; reliability theory; MTBF; MTTF; failure times; higher moments; imperfect fault-coverage; k-out-of-n:G systems; mean time between failures; mean time to failure; probability argument; reliability; Algebra; Data analysis; Humans; Laplace equations; Linear systems; Safety;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Reliability, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9529
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/24.376536
  • Filename
    376536