Title: Availability and mean time to failure for repairable k-out-N: G systems with identical components

Authors: Mohammed A. Hajeeh

Addresses: Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research, P.O. Box 248885, Safat, 13109, Kuwait

Abstract: This study presents Markov models for assessing the availability and the mean time to failure (MTTF) of a k-out-of n: G system with exponentially distributed time between failures and repair times. Generalised analytical expressions for the steady-state availability and MTTF are derived. Furthermore, numerical examples are used to illustrate the performance of several models along with the cost of adopting different configurations.

Keywords: k-out-of n: G system; availability; mean time to failure; MTTF; cost.

DOI: 10.1504/IJIDS.2023.134792

International Journal of Information and Decision Sciences, 2023 Vol.15 No.4, pp.384 - 407

Accepted: 18 May 2021
Published online: 13 Nov 2023 *

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