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Optimal active redundancy allocation in k-out-of-n system

Part of:Survival analysis and censored dataOperations research and management science

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 July 2016

Jie Mi
Jie Mi*
Affiliation:
Florida International University
*
∗ Postal address: Department of Statistics, Florida International University, University Park, Miami, FL 33199, USA. Email address: mi@fiu.edu.
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Abstract

A k-out-of-n system consisting of n components is one that works if and only if at least k of the n components work. Suppose there are n+r (1 ≤ r ≤ n) components available of which r will be used for active redundancy. From the given n+r components, r components are chosen to be used as active redundancies, and another r components receive active redundancies (i.e. these r components are bolstered). Consider a k-out-of-n system consisting of the r bolstered and the other n – r original components. The problem of which r components should be used for active redundancy, and where to allocate them in order to maximize the lifetime of the resulting k-out-of-n system is studied. It is shown that under the usual stochastic ordering ‘≤st’ the first r weakest components should be used for active redundancy and allocated in reverse order to the next r weakest components.

Keywords

Active redundancystochastic orderingk-out-of-n system

MSC classification

Primary:62N05: Reliability and life testing
Secondary:90B25: Reliability, availability, maintenance, inspection

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Short Communications
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Journal of Applied Probability , Volume 36 , Issue 3 , September 1999, pp. 927 - 933
Copyright
Copyright © Applied Probability Trust 1999 

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