Title :
Upper and Lower Bounds for the Reliability of a Consecutive-k-out-of-n:F System
Author :
Papastavridis, Stavros
Author_Institution :
University of Patras, Patras
Abstract :
Upper and lower bounds are derived for linear and circular consecutive-k-out-of-n:F systems with equal component failure probabilities when the latter are less than k/(k + 1).
Keywords :
Failure analysis; Polynomials; Reliability theory;
Journal_Title :
Reliability, IEEE Transactions on
DOI :
10.1109/TR.1986.4335563
