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Principles and Applications Inhaltsangabe< b> Preface.< /b> < p> < b> Acknowledgments.< /b> < p> < b> 1 Introduction.< /b> < p> 1.1 Needs for Reliabili… Más…

Principles and Applications Inhaltsangabe< b> Preface.< /b> < p> < b> Acknowledgments.< /b> < p> < b> 1 Introduction.< /b> < p> 1.1 Needs for Reliability Modeling.< p> 1.2 Optimal Design.< p> < b> 2 Reliability Mathematics.< /b> < p> 2.1 Probability and Distributions.< p> 2.1.1 Events and Boolean Algebra.< p> 2.1.2 Probabilities of Events.< p> 2.1.3 Random Variables and Their Characteristics.< p> 2.1.4 Multivariate Distributions.< p> 2.1.5 Special Discrete Distributions.< p> 2.1.6 Special Continuous Distributions.< p> 2.2 Reliability Concepts.< p> 2.3 Commonly Used Lifetime Distributions.< p> 2.4 Stochastic Processes.< p> 2.4.1 General Definitions.< p> 2.4.2 Homogeneous Poisson Process.< p> 2.4.3 Nonhomogeneous Poisson Process.< p> 2.4.4 Renewal Process.< p> 2.4.5 Discrete-Time Markov Chains.< p> 2.4.6 Continuous-Time Markov Chains.< p> 2.5 Complex System Reliability Assessment Using Fault Tree Analysis.< p> < b> 3 Complexity Analysis.< /b> < p> 3.1 Orders of Magnitude and Growth.< p> 3.2 Evaluation of Summations.< p> 3.3 Bounding Summations.< p> 3.4 Recurrence Relations.< p> 3.4.1 Expansion Method.< p> 3.4.2 Guess-and-Prove Method.< p> 3.4.3 Master Method.< p> 3.5 Summary.< p> < b> 4 Fundamental System Reliability Models.< /b> < p> 4.1 Reliability Block Diagram.< p> 4.2 Structure Functions.< p> 4.3 Coherent Systems.< p> 4.4 Minimal Paths and Minimal Cuts.< p> 4.5 Logic Functions.< p> 4.6 Modules within a Coherent System.< p> 4.7 Measures of Performance.< p> 4.8 One-Component System.< p> 4.9 Series System Model.< p> 4.9.1 System Reliability Function and MTTF.< p> 4.9.2 System Availability.< p> 4.10 Parallel System Model.< p> 4.10.1 System Reliability Function and MTTF.< p> 4.10.2 System Availability of Parallel System with Two i.i.d. Components.< p> 4.10.3 System Availability of Parallel System with Two Different Components.< p> 4.10.4 Parallel Systems with < i> n< /i> i.i.d. Components.< p> 4.11 Parallel& #8211 Series System Model.< p> 4.12 Series& #8211 Parallel System Model.< p> 4.13 Standby System Model.< p> 4.13.1 Cold Standby Systems.< p> 4.13.2 Warm Standby Systems.< p> < b> 5 General Methods for System Reliability Evaluation.< /b> < p> 5.1 Parallel and Series Reductions.< p> 5.2 Pivotal Decomposition.< p> 5.3 Generation of Minimal Paths and Minimal Cuts.< p> 5.3.1 Connection Matrix.< p> 5.3.2 Node Removal Method for Generation of Minimal Paths.< p> 5.3.3 Generation of Minimal Cuts from Minimal Paths.< p> 5.4 Inclusion& #8211 Exclusion Method.< p> 5.5 Sum-of-Disjoint-Products Method.< p> 5.6 Markov Chain Imbeddable Structures.< p> 5.6.1 MIS Technique in Terms of System Failures.< p> 5.6.2 MIS Technique in Terms of System Success.< p> 5.7 Delta& #8211 Star and Star& #8211 Delta Transformations.< p> 5.7.1 Star or Delta Structure with One Input Node and Two Output Nodes.< p> 5.7.2 Delta Structure in Which Each Node May Be either an Input Node or an Output Node.< p> 5.8 Bounds on System Reliability.< p> 5.8.1 IE Method.< p> 5.8.2 SDP Method.< p> 5.8.3 Esary& #8211 Proschan (EP) Method.< p> 5.8.4 Min& #8211 Max Bounds.< p> 5.8.5 Modular Decompositions.< p> 5.8.6 Notes.< p> < b> 6 General Methodology for System Design.< /b> < p> 6.1 Redundancy in System Design.< p> 6.2 Measures of Component Importance.< p> 6.2.1 Structural Importance.< p> 6.2.2 Reliability Importance.< p> 6.2.3 Criticality Importance.< p> 6.2.4 Relative Criticality.< p> 6.3 Majorization and Its Application in Reliability.< p> 6.3.1 Definition of Majorization.< p> 6.3.2 Schur Functions.< p> 6.3.3 L-Additive Functions.< p> 6.4 Reliability Importance in Optimal Design.< p> 6.5 Pairwise Rearrangement in Optimal Design.< p> 6.6 Opt of< i> n< /i> Systems.< p> 7.3.1 Systems with i.i.d. Components.< p> 7.3.2 Systems with Nonidentical Components.< p> 7.3.3 Systems with LoadSharing Components Following Exponential Lifetime Distributions.< p> 7.3.4 Systems with LoadSharing Components Following Arbitrary Lifetime Distributions.< p> 7.3.5 Systems with Standby Components.< p> 7.4 Repairable < i> k< /i> outof< i> n< /i> Systems.< p> 7.4.1 General Repairable System Model.< p> 7.4.2 Systems with Active Redundant Components.< p> 7.4.3 Systems with LoadSharing Components.< p> 7.4.4 Systems with both Active Redundant and Cold Standby Components.< p> 7.5 Weighted < i> k< /i> outof< i> n< /i> :G Systems.< p> < b> 8 Design of< /b> < b> < i> k< /i> < /b> < b> outof< /b> < b> < i> n< /i> < /b> < b> Systems.< /b> < p> 8.1 Properties of < i> k< /i> outof< i> n< /i> Systems.< p> 8.1.1 Component Reliability Importance.< p> 8.1.2 Effects of Redundancy in < i> k< /i> outof< i> n< /i> Systems.< p> 8.2 Optimal Design of < i> k< /i> outof< i> n< /i> Systems.< p> 8.2.1 Optimal System Size < i> n< /i> .< p> 8.2.2 Simultaneous Determination of < i> n< /i> and < i> k< /i> .< p> 8.2.3 Optimal Replacement Time.< p> 8.3 Fault Coverage.< p> 8.3.1 Deterministic Analysis.< p> 8.3.2 Stochastic Analysis.< p> 8.4 CommonCause Failures.< p> 8.4.1 Repairable System with Lethal CommonCause Failures.< p> 8.4.2 System Design Considering Lethal CommonCause Failures.< p> 8.4.3 Optimal Replacement Policy with Lethal CommonCause Failures.< p> 8.4.4 Nonlethal CommonCause Failures.< p> 8.5 Dual Failure Modes.< p> 8.5.1 Optimal < i> k< /i> or < i> n< /i> Value to Maximize System Reliability.< p> 8.5.2 Optimal < i> k< /i> or < i> n< /i> Value to Maximize System Profit.< p> 8.5.3 Optimal < i> k< /i> and < i> n< /i> Values to Minimize System Cost.< p> 8.6 Other Issues.< p> 8.6.1 Selective Replacement Optimization.< p> 8.6.2 TMR and NMR Structures.< p> 8.6.3 Installation Time of Repaired Components.< p> 8.6.4 Combinations of Factors.< p> 8.6.5 Partial Ordering.< p> < b> 9 Consecutive< /b> < b> < i> k< /i> < /b> < b> outof< /b> < b> < i> n< /i> < /b> < b> Systems.< /b> < p> 9.1 System Reliability Evaluation.< p> 9.1.1 Systems with i.i.d. Components.< p> 9.1.2 Systems with Independent Components.< p> 9.2 Optimal System Design.< p> 9.2.1 BImportances of Components.< p> 9.2.2 Invariant Optimal Design.< p> 9.2.3 Variant Optimal Design.< p> 9.3 Consecutive< i> k< /i> outof< i> n< /i> :G Systems.< p> 9.3.1 System Reliability Evaluation.< p> 9.3.2 Component Reliability Importance.< p> 9.3.3 Invariant Optimal Design.< p> 9.3.4 Variant Optimal Design.< p> 9.4 System Lifetime Distribution.< p> 9.4.1 Systems with i.i.d. Components.< p> 9.4.2 System with Exchangeable Dependent Components.< p> 9.4.3 System with (< i> k< /i> 1)Step MarkovDependent Components.< p> 9.4.4 Repairable Consecutive< i> k< /i> outof< i> n< /i> Systems.< p> 9.5 Summary.< p> < b> 10 Multidimensional Consecutive< /b> < b> < i> k< /i> < /b> < b> outof< /b> < b> < i> n< /i> < /b> < b> Systems.< /b> < p> 10.1 System Reliability Evaluation.< p> 10.1.1 Special Multidimensional Systems.< p> 10.1.2 General TwoDimensional Systems.< p> 10.1.3 Bounds and Approximations.< p> 10.2 System Logic Functions.< p> 10.3 Optimal System Design.< p> 10.4 Summary.< p> < b> 11 Other< /b> < b> < i> k< /i> < /b> < b> outof< /b> < b> < i> n< /i> < i> s< /i> < i> )/(< /i> < i> m< /i> < i> ,< /i> < i> n< /i> < i> )< /i> :F System.< p> 11.8 Combined < i> k< /i> -out-of-< i> mn< /i> :F, One-Dimensional < i> Con< /i> < i> /< /i> < i> k< /i> < i> c< /i> < i> /< /i> < i> n< /i> :F, and Two-Dimensional Linear < i> (< /i> < i> r< /i> < i> ,< /i> < i> s< /i> < i> )/(< /i> < i> m< /i> < i> ,< /i> < i> n< /i> < i> )< /i> :F Model.< p> 11.9 Application of Combined < i> k< /i> -out-of-< i> n< /i> and Consecutive-< i> k< /i> -out-of-< i> n< /i> Systems.< p> 11.10 Consecutively Connected Systems.< p> 11.11 Weighted Consecutive-< i> k< /i> -out-of-< i> n< /i> Systems.< p> 11.11.1 Weighted Linear Consecutive-< i> k< /i> -out-of-< i> n< /i> :F Systems.< p> 11.11.2 Weighted Circular Consecutive-< i> k< /i> -out-of-< i> n< /i> :F Systems.< p> < b> 12 Multistate System Models.< /b> < p> 12.1 Consecutively Connected Systems with Binary System State and Multistate Components.< p> 12.1.1 Linear Multistate Consecutively Connected Systems.< p> 12.1.2 Circular Multistate Consecutively Connected Systems.< p> 12.1.3 Tree-Structured Consecutively Connected Systems.< p> 12.2 Two-Way Consecutively Connected Systems.< p> 12.3 Key Concepts in Multistate Reliability Theory.< p> 12.4 Special Multistate Systems and Their Performance Evaluation.< p> 12.4.1 Simple Multistate < i> k< /i> -out-of-< i> n< /i> :G Model.< p> 12.4.2 Generalized Multistate < i> k< /i> -out-of-< i> n< /i> :G Model.< p> 12.4.3 Generalized Multistate Consecutive-< i> k< /i> -out-of-< i> n< /i> :F System.< p> 12.5 General Multistate Systems and Their Performance Evaluation.< p> 12.6 Summary.< p> < b> Appendix: Laplace Transform.< /b> < p> < b> References.< /b> < p> < b> Bibliography.< /b> < p> < b> Index.< /b> Optimal Reliability Modeling: Inhaltsangabe< b> Preface.< /b> < p> < b> Acknowledgments.< /b> < p> < b> 1 Introduction.< /b> < p> 1.1 Needs for Reliability Modeling.< p> 1.2 Optimal Design.< p> < b> 2 Reliability Mathematics.< /b> < p> 2.1 Probability and Distributions.< p> 2.1.1 Events and Boolean Algebra.< p> 2.1.2 Probabilities of Events.< p> 2.1.3 Random Variables and Their Characteristics.< p> 2.1.4 Multivariate Distributions.< p> 2.1.5 Special Discrete Distributions.< p> 2.1.6 Special Continuous Distributions.< p> 2.2 Reliability Concepts.< p> 2.3 Commonly Used Lifetime Distributions.< p> 2.4 Stochastic Processes.< p> 2.4.1 General Definitions.< p> 2.4.2 Homogeneous Poisson Process.< p> 2.4.3 Nonhomogeneous Poisson Process.< p> 2.4.4 Renewal Process.< p> 2.4.5 Discrete-Time Markov Chains.< p> 2.4.6 Continuous-Time Markov Chains.< p> 2.5 Complex System Reliability Assessment Using Fault Tree Analysis.< p> < b> 3 Complexity Analysis.< /b> < p> 3.1 Orders of Magnitude and Growth.< p> 3.2 Evaluation of Summations.< p> 3.3 Bounding Summations.< p> 3.4 Recurrence Relations.< p> 3.4.1 Expansion Method.< p> 3.4.2 Guess-and-Prove Method.< p> 3.4.3 Master Method.< p> 3.5 Summary.< p> < b> 4 Fundamental System Reliability Models.< /b> < p> 4.1 Reliability Block Diagram.< p> 4.2 Structure Functions.< p> 4.3 Coherent Systems.< p> 4.4 Minimal Paths and Minimal Cuts.< p> 4.5 Logic Functions.< p> 4.6 Modules within a Coherent System.< p> 4.7 Measures of Performance.< p> 4.8 One-Component System.< p> 4.9 Series System Model.< p> 4.9.1 System Reliability Function and MTTF.< p> 4.9.2 System Availability.< p> 4.10 Parallel System Model.< p> 4.10.1 System Reliability Function and MTTF.< p> 4.10.2 System Availability of Parallel System with Two i.i.d. Components.< p> 4.10.3 System Availability of Parallel System with Two Different Components.< p> 4.10.4 Parallel Systems with < i> n< /i> i.i.d. Components.< p> 4.11 Parallel& #8211 Series System Model.< p> 4.12 Series& #8211 Parallel System Model.< p> 4.13 Standby System Model.< p> 4.13.1 Cold Standby Systems.< p> 4.13.2 Warm Standby Systems.< p> < b> 5 General Methods for System Reliability Evaluation.< /b> < p> 5.1 Parallel and Series Reductions.< p> 5.2 Pivotal Decomposition.< p> 5.3 Generation of Minimal Paths and Minimal Cuts.< p> 5.3.1 Connection Matrix.< p> 5.3.2 Node Removal Method for Generation of Minimal Paths.< p> 5.3.3 Generation of Minimal Cuts from Minimal Paths.< p> 5.4 Inclusion& #8211 Exclusion Method.< p> 5.5 Sum-of-Disjoint-Products Method.< p> 5.6 Markov Chain Imbeddable Structures.< p> 5.6.1 MIS Technique in Terms of System Failures.< p> 5.6.2 MIS Technique in Terms of System Success.< p> 5.7 Delta& #8211 Star and Star& #8211 Delta Transformations.< p> 5.7.1 Star or Delta Structure with One Input Node and Two Output Nodes.< p> 5.7.2 Delta Structure in Which Each Node May Be either an Input Node or an Output Node.< p> 5.8 Bounds on System Reliability.< p> 5.8.1 IE Method.< p> 5.8.2 SDP Method.< p> 5.8.3 Esary& #8211 Proschan (EP) Method.< p> 5.8.4 Min& #8211 Max Bounds.< p> 5.8.5 Modular Decompositions.< p> 5.8.6 Notes.< p> < b> 6 General Methodology for System Design.< /b> < p> 6.1 Redundancy in System Design.< p> 6.2 Measures of Component Importance.< p> 6.2.1 Structural Importance.< p> 6.2.2 Reliability Importance.< p> 6.2.3 Criticality Importance.< p> 6.2.4 Relative Criticality.< p> 6.3 Majorization and Its Application in Reliability.< p> 6.3.1 Definition of Majorization.< p> 6.3.2 Schur Functions.< p> 6.3.3 L-Additive Functions.< p> 6.4 Reliability Importance in Optimal Design.< p> 6.5 Pairwise Rearrangement in Optimal Design.< p> 6.6 Opt of< i> n< /i> Systems.< p> 7.3.1 Systems with i.i.d. 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Principles and Applications Inhaltsangabe< b> Preface.< /b> < p> < b> Acknowledgments.< /b> < p> < b> 1 Introduction.< /b> < p> 1.1 Needs for Reliabili… Más…

Principles and Applications Inhaltsangabe< b> Preface.< /b> < p> < b> Acknowledgments.< /b> < p> < b> 1 Introduction.< /b> < p> 1.1 Needs for Reliability Modeling.< p> 1.2 Optimal Design.< p> < b> 2 Reliability Mathematics.< /b> < p> 2.1 Probability and Distributions.< p> 2.1.1 Events and Boolean Algebra.< p> 2.1.2 Probabilities of Events.< p> 2.1.3 Random Variables and Their Characteristics.< p> 2.1.4 Multivariate Distributions.< p> 2.1.5 Special Discrete Distributions.< p> 2.1.6 Special Continuous Distributions.< p> 2.2 Reliability Concepts.< p> 2.3 Commonly Used Lifetime Distributions.< p> 2.4 Stochastic Processes.< p> 2.4.1 General Definitions.< p> 2.4.2 Homogeneous Poisson Process.< p> 2.4.3 Nonhomogeneous Poisson Process.< p> 2.4.4 Renewal Process.< p> 2.4.5 Discrete-Time Markov Chains.< p> 2.4.6 Continuous-Time Markov Chains.< p> 2.5 Complex System Reliability Assessment Using Fault Tree Analysis.< p> < b> 3 Complexity Analysis.< /b> < p> 3.1 Orders of Magnitude and Growth.< p> 3.2 Evaluation of Summations.< p> 3.3 Bounding Summations.< p> 3.4 Recurrence Relations.< p> 3.4.1 Expansion Method.< p> 3.4.2 Guess-and-Prove Method.< p> 3.4.3 Master Method.< p> 3.5 Summary.< p> < b> 4 Fundamental System Reliability Models.< /b> < p> 4.1 Reliability Block Diagram.< p> 4.2 Structure Functions.< p> 4.3 Coherent Systems.< p> 4.4 Minimal Paths and Minimal Cuts.< p> 4.5 Logic Functions.< p> 4.6 Modules within a Coherent System.< p> 4.7 Measures of Performance.< p> 4.8 One-Component System.< p> 4.9 Series System Model.< p> 4.9.1 System Reliability Function and MTTF.< p> 4.9.2 System Availability.< p> 4.10 Parallel System Model.< p> 4.10.1 System Reliability Function and MTTF.< p> 4.10.2 System Availability of Parallel System with Two i.i.d. Components.< p> 4.10.3 System Availability of Parallel System with Two Different Components.< p> 4.10.4 Parallel Systems with < i> n< /i> i.i.d. Components.< p> 4.11 Parallel& #8211 Series System Model.< p> 4.12 Series& #8211 Parallel System Model.< p> 4.13 Standby System Model.< p> 4.13.1 Cold Standby Systems.< p> 4.13.2 Warm Standby Systems.< p> < b> 5 General Methods for System Reliability Evaluation.< /b> < p> 5.1 Parallel and Series Reductions.< p> 5.2 Pivotal Decomposition.< p> 5.3 Generation of Minimal Paths and Minimal Cuts.< p> 5.3.1 Connection Matrix.< p> 5.3.2 Node Removal Method for Generation of Minimal Paths.< p> 5.3.3 Generation of Minimal Cuts from Minimal Paths.< p> 5.4 Inclusion& #8211 Exclusion Method.< p> 5.5 Sum-of-Disjoint-Products Method.< p> 5.6 Markov Chain Imbeddable Structures.< p> 5.6.1 MIS Technique in Terms of System Failures.< p> 5.6.2 MIS Technique in Terms of System Success.< p> 5.7 Delta& #8211 Star and Star& #8211 Delta Transformations.< p> 5.7.1 Star or Delta Structure with One Input Node and Two Output Nodes.< p> 5.7.2 Delta Structure in Which Each Node May Be either an Input Node or an Output Node.< p> 5.8 Bounds on System Reliability.< p> 5.8.1 IE Method.< p> 5.8.2 SDP Method.< p> 5.8.3 Esary& #8211 Proschan (EP) Method.< p> 5.8.4 Min& #8211 Max Bounds.< p> 5.8.5 Modular Decompositions.< p> 5.8.6 Notes.< p> < b> 6 General Methodology for System Design.< /b> < p> 6.1 Redundancy in System Design.< p> 6.2 Measures of Component Importance.< p> 6.2.1 Structural Importance.< p> 6.2.2 Reliability Importance.< p> 6.2.3 Criticality Importance.< p> 6.2.4 Relative Criticality.< p> 6.3 Majorization and Its Application in Reliability.< p> 6.3.1 Definition of Majorization.< p> 6.3.2 Schur Functions.< p> 6.3.3 L-Additive Functions.< p> 6.4 Reliability Importance in Optimal Design.< p> 6.5 Pairwise Rearrangement in Optimal Design.< p> 6.6 Opt of< i> n< /i> Systems.< p> 7.3.1 Systems with i.i.d. Components.< p> 7.3.2 Systems with Nonidentical Components.< p> 7.3.3 Systems with LoadSharing Components Following Exponential Lifetime Distributions.< p> 7.3.4 Systems with LoadSharing Components Following Arbitrary Lifetime Distributions.< p> 7.3.5 Systems with Standby Components.< p> 7.4 Repairable < i> k< /i> outof< i> n< /i> Systems.< p> 7.4.1 General Repairable System Model.< p> 7.4.2 Systems with Active Redundant Components.< p> 7.4.3 Systems with LoadSharing Components.< p> 7.4.4 Systems with both Active Redundant and Cold Standby Components.< p> 7.5 Weighted < i> k< /i> outof< i> n< /i> :G Systems.< p> < b> 8 Design of< /b> < b> < i> k< /i> < /b> < b> outof< /b> < b> < i> n< /i> < /b> < b> Systems.< /b> < p> 8.1 Properties of < i> k< /i> outof< i> n< /i> Systems.< p> 8.1.1 Component Reliability Importance.< p> 8.1.2 Effects of Redundancy in < i> k< /i> outof< i> n< /i> Systems.< p> 8.2 Optimal Design of < i> k< /i> outof< i> n< /i> Systems.< p> 8.2.1 Optimal System Size < i> n< /i> .< p> 8.2.2 Simultaneous Determination of < i> n< /i> and < i> k< /i> .< p> 8.2.3 Optimal Replacement Time.< p> 8.3 Fault Coverage.< p> 8.3.1 Deterministic Analysis.< p> 8.3.2 Stochastic Analysis.< p> 8.4 CommonCause Failures.< p> 8.4.1 Repairable System with Lethal CommonCause Failures.< p> 8.4.2 System Design Considering Lethal CommonCause Failures.< p> 8.4.3 Optimal Replacement Policy with Lethal CommonCause Failures.< p> 8.4.4 Nonlethal CommonCause Failures.< p> 8.5 Dual Failure Modes.< p> 8.5.1 Optimal < i> k< /i> or < i> n< /i> Value to Maximize System Reliability.< p> 8.5.2 Optimal < i> k< /i> or < i> n< /i> Value to Maximize System Profit.< p> 8.5.3 Optimal < i> k< /i> and < i> n< /i> Values to Minimize System Cost.< p> 8.6 Other Issues.< p> 8.6.1 Selective Replacement Optimization.< p> 8.6.2 TMR and NMR Structures.< p> 8.6.3 Installation Time of Repaired Components.< p> 8.6.4 Combinations of Factors.< p> 8.6.5 Partial Ordering.< p> < b> 9 Consecutive< /b> < b> < i> k< /i> < /b> < b> outof< /b> < b> < i> n< /i> < /b> < b> Systems.< /b> < p> 9.1 System Reliability Evaluation.< p> 9.1.1 Systems with i.i.d. Components.< p> 9.1.2 Systems with Independent Components.< p> 9.2 Optimal System Design.< p> 9.2.1 BImportances of Components.< p> 9.2.2 Invariant Optimal Design.< p> 9.2.3 Variant Optimal Design.< p> 9.3 Consecutive< i> k< /i> outof< i> n< /i> :G Systems.< p> 9.3.1 System Reliability Evaluation.< p> 9.3.2 Component Reliability Importance.< p> 9.3.3 Invariant Optimal Design.< p> 9.3.4 Variant Optimal Design.< p> 9.4 System Lifetime Distribution.< p> 9.4.1 Systems with i.i.d. Components.< p> 9.4.2 System with Exchangeable Dependent Components.< p> 9.4.3 System with (< i> k< /i> 1)Step MarkovDependent Components.< p> 9.4.4 Repairable Consecutive< i> k< /i> outof< i> n< /i> Systems.< p> 9.5 Summary.< p> < b> 10 Multidimensional Consecutive< /b> < b> < i> k< /i> < /b> < b> outof< /b> < b> < i> n< /i> < /b> < b> Systems.< /b> < p> 10.1 System Reliability Evaluation.< p> 10.1.1 Special Multidimensional Systems.< p> 10.1.2 General TwoDimensional Systems.< p> 10.1.3 Bounds and Approximations.< p> 10.2 System Logic Functions.< p> 10.3 Optimal System Design.< p> 10.4 Summary.< p> < b> 11 Other< /b> < b> < i> k< /i> < /b> < b> outof< /b> < b> < i> n< /i> < i> s< /i> < i> )/(< /i> < i> m< /i> < i> ,< /i> < i> n< /i> < i> )< /i> :F System.< p> 11.8 Combined < i> k< /i> -out-of-< i> mn< /i> :F, One-Dimensional < i> Con< /i> < i> /< /i> < i> k< /i> < i> c< /i> < i> /< /i> < i> n< /i> :F, and Two-Dimensional Linear < i> (< /i> < i> r< /i> < i> ,< /i> < i> s< /i> < i> )/(< /i> < i> m< /i> < i> ,< /i> < i> n< /i> < i> )< /i> :F Model.< p> 11.9 Application of Combined < i> k< /i> -out-of-< i> n< /i> and Consecutive-< i> k< /i> -out-of-< i> n< /i> Systems.< p> 11.10 Consecutively Connected Systems.< p> 11.11 Weighted Consecutive-< i> k< /i> -out-of-< i> n< /i> Systems.< p> 11.11.1 Weighted Linear Consecutive-< i> k< /i> -out-of-< i> n< /i> :F Systems.< p> 11.11.2 Weighted Circular Consecutive-< i> k< /i> -out-of-< i> n< /i> :F Systems.< p> < b> 12 Multistate System Models.< /b> < p> 12.1 Consecutively Connected Systems with Binary System State and Multistate Components.< p> 12.1.1 Linear Multistate Consecutively Connected Systems.< p> 12.1.2 Circular Multistate Consecutively Connected Systems.< p> 12.1.3 Tree-Structured Consecutively Connected Systems.< p> 12.2 Two-Way Consecutively Connected Systems.< p> 12.3 Key Concepts in Multistate Reliability Theory.< p> 12.4 Special Multistate Systems and Their Performance Evaluation.< p> 12.4.1 Simple Multistate < i> k< /i> -out-of-< i> n< /i> :G Model.< p> 12.4.2 Generalized Multistate < i> k< /i> -out-of-< i> n< /i> :G Model.< p> 12.4.3 Generalized Multistate Consecutive-< i> k< /i> -out-of-< i> n< /i> :F System.< p> 12.5 General Multistate Systems and Their Performance Evaluation.< p> 12.6 Summary.< p> < b> Appendix: Laplace Transform.< /b> < p> < b> References.< /b> < p> < b> Bibliography.< /b> < p> < b> Index.< /b> Optimal Reliability Modeling: Inhaltsangabe< b> Preface.< /b> < p> < b> Acknowledgments.< /b> < p> < b> 1 Introduction.< /b> < p> 1.1 Needs for Reliability Modeling.< p> 1.2 Optimal Design.< p> < b> 2 Reliability Mathematics.< /b> < p> 2.1 Probability and Distributions.< p> 2.1.1 Events and Boolean Algebra.< p> 2.1.2 Probabilities of Events.< p> 2.1.3 Random Variables and Their Characteristics.< p> 2.1.4 Multivariate Distributions.< p> 2.1.5 Special Discrete Distributions.< p> 2.1.6 Special Continuous Distributions.< p> 2.2 Reliability Concepts.< p> 2.3 Commonly Used Lifetime Distributions.< p> 2.4 Stochastic Processes.< p> 2.4.1 General Definitions.< p> 2.4.2 Homogeneous Poisson Process.< p> 2.4.3 Nonhomogeneous Poisson Process.< p> 2.4.4 Renewal Process.< p> 2.4.5 Discrete-Time Markov Chains.< p> 2.4.6 Continuous-Time Markov Chains.< p> 2.5 Complex System Reliability Assessment Using Fault Tree Analysis.< p> < b> 3 Complexity Analysis.< /b> < p> 3.1 Orders of Magnitude and Growth.< p> 3.2 Evaluation of Summations.< p> 3.3 Bounding Summations.< p> 3.4 Recurrence Relations.< p> 3.4.1 Expansion Method.< p> 3.4.2 Guess-and-Prove Method.< p> 3.4.3 Master Method.< p> 3.5 Summary.< p> < b> 4 Fundamental System Reliability Models.< /b> < p> 4.1 Reliability Block Diagram.< p> 4.2 Structure Functions.< p> 4.3 Coherent Systems.< p> 4.4 Minimal Paths and Minimal Cuts.< p> 4.5 Logic Functions.< p> 4.6 Modules within a Coherent System.< p> 4.7 Measures of Performance.< p> 4.8 One-Component System.< p> 4.9 Series System Model.< p> 4.9.1 System Reliability Function and MTTF.< p> 4.9.2 System Availability.< p> 4.10 Parallel System Model.< p> 4.10.1 System Reliability Function and MTTF.< p> 4.10.2 System Availability of Parallel System with Two i.i.d. Components.< p> 4.10.3 System Availability of Parallel System with Two Different Components.< p> 4.10.4 Parallel Systems with < i> n< /i> i.i.d. Components.< p> 4.11 Parallel& #8211 Series System Model.< p> 4.12 Series& #8211 Parallel System Model.< p> 4.13 Standby System Model.< p> 4.13.1 Cold Standby Systems.< p> 4.13.2 Warm Standby Systems.< p> < b> 5 General Methods for System Reliability Evaluation.< /b> < p> 5.1 Parallel and Series Reductions.< p> 5.2 Pivotal Decomposition.< p> 5.3 Generation of Minimal Paths and Minimal Cuts.< p> 5.3.1 Connection Matrix.< p> 5.3.2 Node Removal Method for Generation of Minimal Paths.< p> 5.3.3 Generation of Minimal Cuts from Minimal Paths.< p> 5.4 Inclusion& #8211 Exclusion Method.< p> 5.5 Sum-of-Disjoint-Products Method.< p> 5.6 Markov Chain Imbeddable Structures.< p> 5.6.1 MIS Technique in Terms of System Failures.< p> 5.6.2 MIS Technique in Terms of System Success.< p> 5.7 Delta& #8211 Star and Star& #8211 Delta Transformations.< p> 5.7.1 Star or Delta Structure with One Input Node and Two Output Nodes.< p> 5.7.2 Delta Structure in Which Each Node May Be either an Input Node or an Output Node.< p> 5.8 Bounds on System Reliability.< p> 5.8.1 IE Method.< p> 5.8.2 SDP Method.< p> 5.8.3 Esary& #8211 Proschan (EP) Method.< p> 5.8.4 Min& #8211 Max Bounds.< p> 5.8.5 Modular Decompositions.< p> 5.8.6 Notes.< p> < b> 6 General Methodology for System Design.< /b> < p> 6.1 Redundancy in System Design.< p> 6.2 Measures of Component Importance.< p> 6.2.1 Structural Importance.< p> 6.2.2 Reliability Importance.< p> 6.2.3 Criticality Importance.< p> 6.2.4 Relative Criticality.< p> 6.3 Majorization and Its Application in Reliability.< p> 6.3.1 Definition of Majorization.< p> 6.3.2 Schur Functions.< p> 6.3.3 L-Additive Functions.< p> 6.4 Reliability Importance in Optimal Design.< p> 6.5 Pairwise Rearrangement in Optimal Design.< p> 6.6 Opt of< i> n< /i> Systems.< p> 7.3.1 Systems with i.i.d. 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