Advanced Modeling and Optimization

Abstract for Paper 4 of Volume 4, Number 3, 2002, pp. 65-81

Recursive Algorithm to Evaluate the Failure Density Function of a K-out-of-N: G System

G. Arulmozhi
Department of Mathematics and Computer Applications,
P.S.G. College of Technology,
Coimbatore-641 004, India
E-mail: arul_nithya2000@yahoo.com

 


Abstract
An expression for probability density function (pdf) of a K-out-of-N: G system is proposed. A simple, fast and memory efficient recursive algorithm computes the pdf of K-out-of-N: G system with unequal component failure probabilities. The special cases of constant failure rate, Weibull failure time distributions are provided for illustrating the results.