Title :
Do component reliabilities depend on system size?
Author_Institution :
AT&T Bell Labs., Murray Hill, NJ, USA
fDate :
12/1/1992 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
The basic assumption of Poisson-Weibull convergence in analyzing the reliability of large consecutive-k-out-of-n:F systems is questioned with respect to the relevance of its consequences to practical reliability theory
Keywords :
reliability theory; Poisson-Weibull convergence; large consecutive-k-out-of-n:F systems; reliability theory; Chaos; Convergence; Manufacturing; Materials reliability; Reliability theory; Weibull distribution;
Journal_Title :
Reliability, IEEE Transactions on