Article ID Journal Published Year Pages File Type
1143439 Operations Research Letters 2009 5 Pages PDF
Abstract

This paper investigates the heterogeneity of components with proportional hazard rates in a redundant system. The total number of those standbys surviving the failure time of some active component is derived, and the algorithm to determine the optimal number of standbys is also discussed.

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Physical Sciences and Engineering Mathematics Discrete Mathematics and Combinatorics
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Evaluating a warm standby system with components having proportional hazard rates
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