k-out-of-n:G Systems Are Preferable
- 1 June 1980
- journal article
- Published by Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) in IEEE Transactions on Reliability
- Vol. R-29 (2) , 166-169
- https://doi.org/10.1109/tr.1980.5220766
Abstract
The k-out-of-n: G systems are shown to be preferable to any other s-coherent systems when a) the i.i.d. components have two failure modes and b) the criterion used for deciding preference is a linear function of the probability of the system failing to idle (failing in mode 2).Keywords
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