Abstract
We study a particular multistate system whose components are in one of two states - good or bad. The system state is defined to be the number of good components. An example of such a model is a power generation system consisting of n power stations. Repair is to good-as-new. A utility is assigned to the states which the system can assume, and reflects the relative value of each of the states. The performance at any time t and the steady state performance are studied by using s-expected utility. A concept of component importance is introduced which is a measure of improvement in s-expected utility of the system per unit of improvement in component availability.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 97-98 |
| Number of pages | 2 |
| Journal | IEEE Transactions on Reliability |
| Volume | R-31 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Apr 1982 |
Keywords
- Availability
- Component importance
- Multistate system
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality
- Electrical and Electronic Engineering