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Optimal Allocation of Components in k-out-of-R Parallel Modules Systems

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 July 2009

Fan Chin Meng
Fan Chin Meng
Affiliation:
Institute of Statistical Science, Academia Sinica, Taipei 11529, Taiwan
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Abstract

In this note using the notion of node criticality in Boland, Proschan, and Tong [2] and modular decompositions of coherent systems, we obtain algorithms and guidelines for allocating components in a k-out-of-R parallel modules system to maximize the system reliability. An illustrative example is given to compare a special case of our results with the previous result for series-parallel systems due to El-Neweihi, Proschan, and Sethuraman [5].

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Research Article
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Probability in the Engineering and Informational Sciences , Volume 8 , Issue 3 , July 1994 , pp. 435 - 441
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1994

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