• DocumentCode
    894498
  • Title

    Bounds on Reliability of a Coherent System with Positively Correlated Components

  • Author

    Lai, C.D.

  • Author_Institution
    Massey University, Palmerston North
  • Volume
    35
  • Issue
    5
  • fYear
    1986
  • Firstpage
    508
  • Lastpage
    511
  • Abstract
    An upper bound on the reliability of a coherent system of positively correlated components is obtained via an improved Bonferroni inequality. An example is given. The bound is sharper if the joint survival probability is known for each pair of components.
  • Keywords
    Electric shock; Exponential distribution; Power system reliability; Random variables; Reliability theory; Stress; Tree graphs; Upper bound;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Reliability, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9529
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/TR.1986.4335532
  • Filename
    4335532
    • Link To Document
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