Title :
Analysis of an n-Unit System with 1-Repair Facility which has Down-time
Author :
Gopalan, M.N. ; Saxena, Asha Rani
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Mathematics; Indian Institute of Technology; Powai, Bombay-400 076 INDIA.
Abstract :
The paper deals with the availability and reliability of a 1-out-of-n:G system with 1-server who is subject to periods of unavailability. Explicit expressions for the Laplace transform of the mean down-time of the system and for the mean time to system failure have been obtained.
Keywords :
Availability; Biographies; Failure analysis; Integral equations; Mathematics; Operations research; Reliability theory; Steady-state; Availability; Mean down-time; Mean time to system failure;
Journal_Title :
Reliability, IEEE Transactions on
DOI :
10.1109/TR.1977.5220165
