TY - JOUR
T1 - Aging properties of the residual life length of k-out-of-n systems with independent but non-identical components
AU - Li, Xiaohu
AU - Chen, Jing
PY - 2004/4
Y1 - 2004/4
N2 - The k-out-of-n structure is a very popular type of redundancy in fault-tolerant systems, it has founded wide applications in industrial and military systems during the past several decades. This paper will investigate the residual life length of a k-out-of-n system with independent (not necessarily identical) components, given that the (n - k)th failure has occurred at time t≥0. Behaviour of PF2, IFR, DRHR, DMRL, NBU(2) and NBUC classes of life distributions are derived in terms of the monotonicity of the residual life given the time of the (n - k)th failure.
AB - The k-out-of-n structure is a very popular type of redundancy in fault-tolerant systems, it has founded wide applications in industrial and military systems during the past several decades. This paper will investigate the residual life length of a k-out-of-n system with independent (not necessarily identical) components, given that the (n - k)th failure has occurred at time t≥0. Behaviour of PF2, IFR, DRHR, DMRL, NBU(2) and NBUC classes of life distributions are derived in terms of the monotonicity of the residual life given the time of the (n - k)th failure.
KW - DMRL
KW - IFR
KW - Increasing concave order
KW - Increasing convex order
KW - NBU
KW - NBU(2)
KW - NBUC
KW - PF2
KW - Residual life
KW - Right spread order
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U2 - 10.1002/asmb.507
DO - 10.1002/asmb.507
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:2542442654
SN - 1524-1904
VL - 20
SP - 143
EP - 153
JO - Applied Stochastic Models in Business and Industry
JF - Applied Stochastic Models in Business and Industry
IS - 2
ER -