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ACTIVE REDUNDANCY ALLOCATIONS IN SERIES SYSTEMS

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 March 2011

Neeraj Misra ,
Amit Kumar Misra  and
Ishwari Dutt Dhariyal
Neeraj Misra
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, Kanpur, 208 016, India E-mails: neeraj@iitk.ac.in; amishra@iitk.ac.in; idd@iitk.ac.in
Amit Kumar Misra
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, Kanpur, 208 016, India E-mails: neeraj@iitk.ac.in; amishra@iitk.ac.in; idd@iitk.ac.in
Ishwari Dutt Dhariyal
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, Kanpur, 208 016, India E-mails: neeraj@iitk.ac.in; amishra@iitk.ac.in; idd@iitk.ac.in
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Abstract

We consider the problem of optimally allocating one/two active spares in series systems. Lifetimes of different configurations are compared with respect to the reversed failure rate order, the failure rate order, the increasing concave order, and the stochastic precedence order.

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Research Article
Information
Probability in the Engineering and Informational Sciences , Volume 25 , Issue 2 , April 2011 , pp. 219 - 235
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2011

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