THE RELIABILITY OF A LARGE SERIES SYSTEM UNDER MARKOV STRUCTURE

被引:63
作者
CHAO, MT [1 ]
FU, JC [1 ]
机构
[1] UNIV MANITOBA,DEPT STAT,WINNIPEG R3T 2N2,MANITOBA,CANADA
关键词
GENERAL SERIES SYSTEM; CONSECUTIVE-K-OUT-OF-N-F SYSTEM; MARKOV CHAIN; TRANSITION PROBABILITY MATRIX;
D O I
10.2307/1427682
中图分类号
O21 [概率论与数理统计]; C8 [统计学];
学科分类号
020208 ; 070103 ; 0714 ;
摘要
Let Y1,...,Y(n) be a finite Markov chain and let f be a binary value function defined over the state space of the Y's. We study the reliability of general series system having the structure function phi(Y) = min {f(Y1),...,f(Y(n))} and show that, under certain regularity conditions, the reliability of the system tends to a constant c (1 > c > 0), where c often has the form c = exp {-lambda}.
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页码:894 / 908
页数:15
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