Title :
Reliability of an m-out of-n system when component failure induces higher failure rates in survivors
Author :
Scheuer, Ernest M.
Author_Institution :
California State Univ., Northridge, CA, USA
fDate :
4/1/1988 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
An m-out-of-n:G system is composed of statistically independent and identically distributed components with exponential lifetimes. The reliability of such a system is obtained under the assumption that the failure of a component changes the failure rate of the surviving components
Keywords :
failure analysis; reliability theory; component failure; exponential lifetimes; m-out-of-n:G system; reliability; statistically independent and identically distributed components; Art; Exponential distribution; Failure analysis; Independent component analysis; Probability; Random variables; Reliability theory; Shape; Statistical analysis; Statistical distributions;
Journal_Title :
Reliability, IEEE Transactions on
