Stochastic behaviour of a two-unit paralleled system

This paper deals with a two-unit paralleled system with a single repair facility. Most papers on this subject assumed that at least one of the life time and repair time distribution is exponential. However the above assumption is violated by this paper. Then the various state probabilities (densitie...

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Published inMicroelectronics and reliability Vol. 20; no. 4; pp. 471 - 476
Main Authors Ohashi, Mamoru, Huang, Jun-Ming, Nishida, Toshio
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Elsevier Ltd 1980
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Summary:This paper deals with a two-unit paralleled system with a single repair facility. Most papers on this subject assumed that at least one of the life time and repair time distribution is exponential. However the above assumption is violated by this paper. Then the various state probabilities (densities) have derived by employing the method of supplementary variables. We obtain the stochastic behaviour from these probabilities; (1) the long-run availability, (2) the idleness probability for the repair crew, and (3) the expected number (per unit time in long run) of system failures. Also comparison between the constant failure rate and non-constant failure rate is shown by numerical example.
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ISSN:0026-2714
1872-941X
DOI:10.1016/0026-2714(80)90591-0