• DocumentCode
    894206
  • Title

    Reliability of a k-out-of-n warm-standby system

  • Author

    She, Jieyu ; Pecht, Michael G.

  • Author_Institution
    CALCE Center for Electron. Packaging, Maryland Univ., College Park, MD, USA
  • Volume
    41
  • Issue
    1
  • fYear
    1992
  • fDate
    3/1/1992 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    72
  • Lastpage
    75
  • Abstract
    A general closed-form equation is developed for system reliability of a k-out-of-n warm-standby system (dormant failures). The equation reduces to the hot and cold standby cases under the appropriate restrictions
  • Keywords
    reliability theory; closed-form equation; cold standby; dormant failures; hot standby; k-out-of-n warm-standby system; system reliability; Algorithm design and analysis; Combinatorial mathematics; Educational institutions; Equations; Failure analysis; Maintenance; Probability; Redundancy; Reliability theory;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Reliability, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9529
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/24.126674
  • Filename
    126674