Reliability improvement of large multi-state series-parallel systems (original) (raw)

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In the paper, excess methods for improving the reliability of multi-state series-parallel systems are presented: for the hot reserve of single components, the cold reserve of single components, and the mixed (hot and cold) reserve of single components. A process is also introduced to improve the reliability of these methods by replacing their components with more reliable ones. New theorems for multi-state limit reliability functions in homogeneous and non-homogeneous series-parallel large systems composed of components with improved reliability are presented, and applied to compare the effects of these systems in different reliability improving methods.

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1. Department of Mathematics, Gdynia Maritime University, Gdynia, 81-225, Poland
   Bożena Kwiatuszewska-Sarnecka

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1. Bożena Kwiatuszewska-Sarnecka

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Bożena Kwiatuszewska-Sarnecka received her M.Sc degree from University of Podlasie in Siedlce, Poland, in 1990 and Ph.D. degree from Polish Science Academy in Warsaw in 2003. She is currently an assistant professor at the Mathematics Department of the Faculty of Navigation at Gdynia Maritime University. Her research interests include reliability and reliability improvement of large complex systems.

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Kwiatuszewska-Sarnecka, B. Reliability improvement of large multi-state series-parallel systems.Int J Automat Comput 3, 157–164 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11633-006-0157-y

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• Received: 28 September 2005
• Revised: 07 January 2006
• Issue date: April 2006
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11633-006-0157-y

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