Accession Number:

AD0701317

Title:

AN INEQUALITY ON THE PROBABILITY OF FAULTLESS OPERATION OF A PARALLEL SYSTEM I.

Descriptive Note:

Technical rept.,

Corporate Author:

STANFORD UNIV CALIF DEPT OF STATISTICS

Personal Author(s):

• Wang ,Peter C. C.

Report Date:

1970-02-10

Pagination or Media Count:

14.0

Abstract:

The problem of estimating the reliability characteristics of parallel systems with spares andor repairable elements is investigated. A parallel system is such that the failure of all units causes failure of the entire system. Some bounds of higher moments are treated. Author

Descriptors:

• (*RELIABILITY
• *MATHEMATICAL PREDICTION)
• FAILURE
• SPARE PARTS
• MAINTENANCE
• PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTIONS
• THEOREMS

Subject Categories:

• Operations Research
• Manufacturing and Industrial Engineering and Control of Production Systems

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE