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Availability measures for coherent systems of separately maintained components

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 July 2016

Laurence A. Baxter
Laurence A. Baxter*
Affiliation:
State University of New York at Stony Brook
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∗ Postal address: Department of Applied Mathematics and Statistics, State University of New York at Stony Brook, Stony Brook, NY 11794, U.S.A.
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Abstract

A coherent system of components, the failure pattern of each of which being assumed to be modelled by an alternating renewal process, is considered. Formulae are derived for the probability that the system is available at a series of points and for the expected numbers of failures and repairs of the system in a fixed interval. It is shown how the model can be generalised to permit each component to exhibit partial availability in the failed state.

Keywords

COHERENT SYSTEMALTERNATING RENEWAL PROCESSAVAILABILITY MEASURERELIABILITY IMPORTANCEPARTIAL AVAILABILITYCUBIC SPLINING ALGORITHM

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Research Papers
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Journal of Applied Probability , Volume 20 , Issue 3 , September 1983, pp. 627 - 636
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Copyright © Applied Probability Trust 1983 

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