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Asymptotic performance of a multistate coherent system

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 July 2016

Srinivas Iyer
Srinivas Iyer*
Affiliation:
Indian Statistical Institute, New Delhi
*
∗Postal address: Indian Statistical Institute, Statistical Quality Control and Operations Research Unit, 7 S.J.S. Sansanwal Marg, New Delhi 110016, India.
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Abstract

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An expression for the asymptotic or steady-state performance function is derived for a multistate coherent system when each component changes states in time according to a semi-Markov process, the stochastic processes being mutually independent. This generalizes the expression for system availability of a binary coherent system when the components are governed by mutually independent alternating renewal processes.

Keywords

SEMI-MARKOV PROCESSASYMPTOTIC PERFORMANCE
Type
Letters to the Editor
Information
Advances in Applied Probability , Volume 20 , Issue 1 , March 1988 , pp. 241 - 243
Copyright
Copyright © Applied Probability Trust 1988 

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