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  • Generalized reliability bounds for coherent structures

  • Part of
  • Michael V. Boutsikas, Markos V. Koutras
  • Journal:
    Journal of Applied Probability / Volume 37 / Issue 3 / September 2000
    Published online by Cambridge University Press:
    14 July 2016, pp. 778-794
    Print publication:
    September 2000

  • In this article we introduce generalizations of several well-known reliability bounds. These bounds are based on arbitrary partitions of the family of minimal path or cut sets of the system and can be used for approximating the reliability of any coherent structure with i.i.d. components. An illustration is also given of how the general results can be applied for a specific reliability structure (two-dimensional consecutive-k1 x k2-out-of-n1x n2 system) along with extensive numerical calculations revealing that, in most cases, the generalized bounds perform better than other available bounds in the literature for this system.