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A stochastic model for a general load‐sharing system under overload condition
Author(s) -
Yun Won Young,
Cha Ji Hwan
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
applied stochastic models in business and industry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.413
H-Index - 40
eISSN - 1526-4025
pISSN - 1524-1904
DOI - 10.1002/asmb.824
Subject(s) - load sharing , reliability (semiconductor) , computer science , function (biology) , exponential function , random variable , exponential distribution , mathematical optimization , reliability engineering , mathematics , distributed computing , statistics , engineering , mathematical analysis , power (physics) , physics , quantum mechanics , evolutionary biology , biology
A load‐sharing parallel system functions if at least one unit in the system is functioning and the surviving units share the load. In most of research on load‐sharing system, the performance of the system has been studied only for the case when the lifetimes of components in the system follow exponential distributions. In this paper a load‐sharing parallel system is considered when the lifetimes of the units in the system are any continuous random variables. The reliability function of the system is derived and the problem of load allocation is also considered. Copyright © 2009 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.