Reliability equivalence factors for a series-parallel system assuming an exponentiated weibull distribution

Alghamdi, SM and Percy, DF ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2733-3855 2014, 'Reliability equivalence factors for a series-parallel system assuming an exponentiated weibull distribution' , in: Proceedings of 8th IMA International Conference on Modelling in Industrial Maintenance and Reliability , Institute of Mathematics and its Applications.

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Abstract

In this study, we discuss the reliability equivalence factors of a series-parallel system with n series subsystems connected in parallel where subsystem i has m(i) independent and identically distributed components. We assume that each component has an exponentiated Weibull distribution. We consider improving the reliability of the system by (a) a reduction method and (b) several duplication methods: (i) hot duplication; (ii) cold duplication with perfect switch; (iii) cold duplication with imperfect switch. We compute two types of reliability equivalence factors: survival equivalence factors (SREF) and mean equivalence factors (MREF). We illustrate the results obtained with an application example.

Item Type:	Book Section
Editors:	Wu, SM
Themes:	Built and Human Environment Energy Health and Wellbeing
Schools:	Schools > Salford Business School Schools > Salford Business School > Salford Business School Research Centre
Publisher:	Institute of Mathematics and its Applications
Refereed:	Yes
Funders:	Non funded research
Depositing User:	Professor D. F. Percy
Date Deposited:	17 Jul 2014 15:18
Last Modified:	16 Feb 2022 15:36
URI:	https://usir.salford.ac.uk/id/eprint/32037

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