A RECURSIVE ALGORITHM EVALUATING THE EXACT RELIABILITY OF A CONSECUTIVE K-WITHIN-M-OUT-OF-N-F SYSTEM

Authors
MALINOWSKI J PREUSS W
Citation
J. Malinowski et W. Preuss, A RECURSIVE ALGORITHM EVALUATING THE EXACT RELIABILITY OF A CONSECUTIVE K-WITHIN-M-OUT-OF-N-F SYSTEM, Microelectronics and reliability, 35(12), 1995, pp. 1461-1465
Citations number
4
Categorie Soggetti
Engineering, Eletrical & Electronic
Journal title
Microelectronics and reliability → ACNP
ISSN journal
00262714
Volume
35
Issue
12
Year of publication
1995
Pages
1461 - 1465
Database
ISI
SICI code
0026-2714(1995)35:12<1461:ARAETE>2.0.ZU;2-6
Abstract
A consecutive k-within-m-out-of-n:F system consists of n linearly orde red components e(l),..., e(n). The system fails if among any m subsequ ent components there are k or more failed ones. A recursive algorithm is presented evaluating the reliability of the system whose components are independent and have unequal failure probabilities. This algorith m is computer implementable for ''not too large m'' (e.g. m less than or equal to 15 for PC machines).