Evaluation of Reliability Characteristics of Two Dissimilar Network Flow Systems (original) (raw)

This paper presents a study on reliability characteristics of two dissimilar systems. System I consist of two paths while system II consist of three paths. A signal flow from the source to the terminal through the paths. Failure times and service times of each system are assumed to be exponentially distributed. The failure and repair times assumed exponentially distributed. Using Kolmogorov’s forward equations method, derivations for availability, busy period and profit function are presented in this paper. Also numerical illustrations for the two systems are presented. Comparisons are made based on assumed numerical values for the two systems.