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April 2017 Reliability of Multi-state Consecutive-out-of-Series and Parallel Systems
Moussa Bouloudene, Soheir Belaloui
Afr. Stat. 12(1): 1147-1157 (April 2017). DOI: 10.16929/as/2017.1147.96

Abstract

In this paper, we focus on multi-state complex systems and their reliability. First, we provide a formula which computes the reliability of consecutive $k$-out-of-$n: G$ systems. Then, we extend the used method to obtain the reliability of consecutive $k$-out-of-$L_n: G$ series and consecutive $k$-out-of-$L_n: G$ parallel systems. In the end, we illustrate all theoretical results by numerical examples.

Dans ce papier, nous nous intéressons aux systèmes multi-états à configurations complexes et leur fiabilité. Nous commençcons par établir une formule qui permet de calculer la fiabilité des systèmes $k$-consécutifs-sur-$n : G$. Ensuite, nous étendons la méthode utilisée pour obtenir la fiabilité des systèmes $k$-consécutifs-sur-$L_n: G$ série et $k$-consécutifs-sur-$L_n: G$ parallèle. Enfin, nous illustrons tous les résultats théoriques par des exemples numériques.

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Moussa Bouloudene. Soheir Belaloui. "Reliability of Multi-state Consecutive-out-of-Series and Parallel Systems." Afr. Stat. 12 (1) 1147 - 1157, April 2017. https://doi.org/10.16929/as/2017.1147.96

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Received: 11 December 2016; Accepted: 1 January 2017; Published: April 2017
First available in Project Euclid: 22 April 2017

zbMATH: 1362.62179
MathSciNet: MR3638975
Digital Object Identifier: 10.16929/as/2017.1147.96

Subjects:
Primary: 62N05 , 68M15 , 68M20

Keywords: Consecutive k-out-of-Ln: G parallel system , Consecutive k-out-of-Ln: G series system , Consecutive k-out-of-n: G system , Multi-state complex system , Multi-state system , reliability

Rights: Copyright © 2017 The Statistics and Probability African Society

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