A 2-UNIT SYSTEM WITH CORRELATED FAILURES AND REPAIRS, AND RANDOM APPEARANCE AND DISAPPEARANCE OF REPAIRMAN

Authors
GUPTA R TYAGI PK KISHAN R
Citation
R. Gupta et al., A 2-UNIT SYSTEM WITH CORRELATED FAILURES AND REPAIRS, AND RANDOM APPEARANCE AND DISAPPEARANCE OF REPAIRMAN, International Journal of Systems Science, 27(6), 1996, pp. 561-566
Citations number
6
Categorie Soggetti
System Science","Computer Science Theory & Methods","Operatione Research & Management Science
Journal title
International Journal of Systems Science → ACNP
ISSN journal
00207721
Volume
27
Issue
6
Year of publication
1996
Pages
561 - 566
Database
ISI
SICI code
0020-7721(1996)27:6<561:A2SWCF>2.0.ZU;2-T
Abstract
This paper presents the analysis of a two-unit cold standby system in which the server appears and disappears from the system at random. The failure and repair times of each unit are assumed to be correlated an d their joint density is taken as a bivariate exponential. Using the r egenerative point technique, various reliability characteristics of in terest are obtained. Explicit results with uncorrelated failure and re pair times are obtained and verified in a particular case. The behavio urs of MTSF and other characteristics are also studied through graphs.