Title
Reliability of multi-state systems with free access to repairable standby elements.
Abstract
•The reliability of standby systems composed of multi-state elements with constant state transition rates is quantitatively evaluated.•The standby elements can be repaired, whereas no repairs are possible in operation.•The multi-state standby element with the best technical state is activated when an operating element fails.•An iterative algorithm for reliability evaluation based on element state probabilities is proposed.
Year
DOI
Venue
2017
10.1016/j.ress.2017.05.003
Reliability Engineering & System Safety
Keywords
Field
DocType
Reliability analysis,Multi-state system,Repairable standby element,Iterative algorithm
Iterative method,Engineering,Reliability engineering
Journal
Volume
ISSN
Citations 
167
0951-8320
5
PageRank 
References 
Authors
0.43
15
5
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Gregory Levitin11422115.34
Heping Jia2111.92
Yi Ding310037.68
Yonghua Song4167.16
Yuan-Shun Dai5135798.96