DocumentCode :
1207342
Title :
Lifetime of Combined 
-out-of- 
, and Consecutive  & consecutive k<sub>c</sub> -out-of-n :F(G) system fails (functions) iff at least k components fail (function), or at least fcc consecutive components fail (function). Explicit formulas are given for the lifetime distribution of these combined systems whenever the lifetimes of components are exchangeable, and have an absolutely continuous joint distribution. The lifetime distributions of the aforementioned systems are represented as a linear combination of distributions of order statistics by using the concept of Samaniego´s signature. Formulas for the mean lifetimes are given. Some numerical results are also presented.</div>
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<div class='leftDiv labelDiv col-xs-4 col-sm-2 fullRecLabelEnglish'>Keywords : </div><div class='valueDiv leftDirection leftAlign col-xs-8 col-sm-10 fullRecValueEnglish'>consecutive system reliability; statistical distributions; combined systems; consecutive components; consecutive k<sub>c</sub>-out-of-n Systems; continuous joint distribution; lifetime distribution; linear combination; order statistics distributions; <formula formulatype=)
$k$ -out-of-$n$ $k$ $n$
fLanguage :
English
Journal_Title :
Reliability, IEEE Transactions on
Publisher :
ieee
ISSN :
0018-9529
Type :
jour
DOI :
10.1109/TR.2008.920866
Filename :
4505530
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