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Exploiting symmetry in the reliability analysis of coherent systems
Author(s) -
Xie M.,
Lai C. D.
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
naval research logistics (nrl)
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.665
H-Index - 68
eISSN - 1520-6750
pISSN - 0894-069X
DOI - 10.1002/(sici)1520-6750(199610)43:7<1025::aid-nav6>3.0.co;2-h
Subject(s) - reliability (semiconductor) , class (philosophy) , computer science , symmetry (geometry) , reliability engineering , theoretical computer science , mathematics , artificial intelligence , physics , engineering , power (physics) , geometry , quantum mechanics
Components in a complex system are usually not structurally identical. However, in many cases we may find components that are structurally symmetric, and one should make use of this additional information to simplify reliability analysis. The main purpose of this article is to define and study one such class of systems, namely, those having symmetric components, and to derive some reliability‐related properties. © 1996 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.