FORMULAS FOR THE DOWNTIME DISTRIBUTION OF A MONOTONE SYSTEM OBSERVED IN A TIME-INTERVAL

Authors
HAUKAS H AVEN T
Citation
H. Haukas et T. Aven, FORMULAS FOR THE DOWNTIME DISTRIBUTION OF A MONOTONE SYSTEM OBSERVED IN A TIME-INTERVAL, Reliability engineering & systems safety, 52(1), 1996, pp. 19-26
Citations number
20
Categorie Soggetti
Operatione Research & Management Science","Engineering, Industrial
Journal title
Reliability engineering & systems safety → ACNP
ISSN journal
09518320
Volume
52
Issue
1
Year of publication
1996
Pages
19 - 26
Database
ISI
SICI code
0951-8320(1996)52:1<19:FFTDDO>2.0.ZU;2-V
Abstract
In this paper we study the problem of computing the downtime distribut ion in a time interval of a binary monotone system comprising stochast ically independent components, with exponentially distributed life tim es and arbitrary repair time distributions. An approximation formula i s established, and compared with standard Markov and normal expression s. It is shown by performing Monte Carlo simulation that the establish ed formula produces good results. (C) 1996 Elsevier Science Limited.