Optimal allocation and maintenance of multi-state elements in series–parallel systems with common bus performance sharing

H **ao, R Peng - Computers & Industrial Engineering, 2014 - Elsevier
This article considers the optimal allocation and maintenance of multi-state elements in
series–parallel systems with common bus performance sharing. The surplus performance …

Dynamic availability assessment and optimal component design of multi-state weighted k-out-of-n systems

S Faghih-Roohi, M **e, KM Ng, RCM Yam - Reliability Engineering & …, 2014 - Elsevier
Availability/reliability is a main feature of design and operation of all engineering systems.
Recently, availability evaluation of multi-state systems with different structures is at the …

Multivariate copula based dynamic reliability modeling with application to weighted-k-out-of-n systems of dependent components

S Eryilmaz - Structural Safety, 2014 - Elsevier
In this paper, a multivariate copula based modeling methodology for dynamic reliability
modeling of weighted-k-out-of-n systems is applied. The system under consideration is …

Finding all the lower boundary points in a multistate two-terminal network

M Forghani-elahabad, LH Bonani - IEEE Transactions on …, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
System reliability of a multistate flow network can be computed in terms of all the lower
boundary points, called d-minimal paths (d-MPs). Although several algorithms have been …

Definitions of generalized multi-performance weighted multi-state K-out-of-n system and its reliability evaluations

EM Larsen, Y Ding, YF Li, E Zio - Reliability Engineering & System Safety, 2020 - Elsevier
The k-out-of-n system model is widely applied for the reliability evaluation of many technical
systems. Multi-state system modelling is also widely used for representing real systems …

Reliability-based measures and prognostic analysis of a K-out-of-N system in a random environment

N Zhang, M Fouladirad, A Barros - European Journal of Operational …, 2019 - Elsevier
In this paper, we study reliability based measures and prognostic problems of a K-out-of-N
system in which the failure process of each component depends not only on its intrinsic …

A study of reliability of multi‐state systems with two performance sharing groups

R Peng, H Liu, M **e - Quality and Reliability Engineering …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
The performance sharing can be widely seen in different kinds of engineering systems, such
as meshed power distribution systems and interconnected data transmission systems. This …

Lz‐transform approach to evaluate reliability indices of multi‐state repairable weighted K‐out‐of‐n systems

V Bisht, SB Singh - Quality and Reliability Engineering …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
A multi‐state weighted K‐out‐of‐n system is of great importance in system engineering due
to its generalized nature. In earlier studies, usually all the components of the multi‐state …

Modeling and analysis of weighted-k-out-of-n: G system consisting of two different types of components

S Eryilmaz, K Sarikaya - … Engineers, Part O: Journal of Risk …, 2014 - journals.sagepub.com
This article is concerned with the reliability analysis of a weighted-k-out-of-n: G system
consisting of two types of components. The system is assumed to have n components which …

Group maintenance policies for an R-out-of-N system with phase-type distribution

Y Barron - Annals of Operations Research, 2018 - Springer
This paper presents an extension of our earlier paper on the 1-out-of-N repairable cold
standby system (ie, Barron IIE Trans 47: 1139–1151, 2015). Specifically, we consider an R …