Stochastic Comparisons between Used Systems and Systems Made by Used Components

Article Type

Research Article

Publication Title

IEEE Transactions on Reliability

Abstract

In the literature, stochastic orders are used to compare the lifetimes of two coherent systems. We show that, under certain conditions, a coherent system made out of independent components, which have been used for some units of time, performs better (worse) than a used coherent system (i.e., a system is formed by some new independent components and then the system has been used for sometime) with respect to different stochastic orders. Some results on stochastic comparisons between a coherent system of inactive components and an inactive coherent system are also discussed.

First Page

751

Last Page

762

DOI

10.1109/TR.2015.2484078

Publication Date

6-1-2016

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