The Most Important Component in a Consecutive-k-out-of-n:F System
- 1 June 1987
- journal article
- Published by Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) in IEEE Transactions on Reliability
- Vol. R-36 (2) , 266-268
- https://doi.org/10.1109/TR.1987.5222364
Abstract
A simple formula is given for the Birnbaum importance of a component in a consecutive-k-out-of-n:F system. It is proved that for i.i.d. components, the most important ones are in the middle of the sequence of components.Keywords
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