On active redundancy allocation for coherent systems-from the viewpoint of minimal cut decomposition

This paper deals with coherent systems with one active redundancy. For systems with the subclass of minimal cuts associated with one component covering that of another, assigning the redundancy to the former component is proved to bring forth a more reliable redundant system. As for symmetric systems with lower tail permutation decreasing component lifetimes, allocating the redundancy to the less reliable component results in a longer system lifetime. Several numerical examples are also presented to illustrate the new findings.