Sankhya: The Indian Journal of Statistics
1997, Volume 59, Series B, Pt. 2, 209-228THE RELIABILITY FUNCTION OF CONSECUTIVE-K-OUT-OF-n SYSTEMS FOR THE I.I.D. CASE
By
K. G. RAMAMURTHY, Indian Statistical Institute, Bangalore
SUMMARY. In this paper we derive expressions for the reliability functions of consecutive-k-out-of-n systems for i.i.d. case. Application of these results for the computation of indices of structural importance of components is also considered.
AMS (1991) subject classification. 62N05
Key words and phrases. Reliability function, consecutive-$k$-out-of$n$ systems, structural importance of components