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An “m-consecutive-k-out-of-n:F system” consists of n components ordered on a line; the system fails if and only if there are at least m nonoverlapping runs of k consecutive failed components. In this paper, we give a recursive formula to compute the reliability of such a system. Thereafter, we state two asymptotic results concerning the failure time Z n of the system. The first result concerns a limit theorem for Z n when the failure times of components are not necessarily with identical failure distributions. In the second one, we prove that, for an arbitrary common failure distribution of components, the limit system failure distribution is always of the Poisson class.
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Ghoraf, N. Reliability formula & limit law of the failure time of “m-consecutive-k-out-of-n:F system”. TOP 16, 62–72 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11750-007-0034-z
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11750-007-0034-z
Keywords
- Consecutive-k-out-of-n:F system
- m-consecutive-k-out-of-n:F system
- Recursive formula
- Poisson limit law
- Arbitrary component failure distribution