Abstract
Abstract
This paper compares the reliability functions of the cold standby, hot standby, and load-sharing redundancy configurations, each of which is composed of two identical components for meeting a given system requirement. Thus far, no research has been done into the conditions that make one configuration more reliable than another because their reliability functions have no closed forms even when the component follows a Weibull lifetime distribution. In this paper, two analytical results are obtained given that the reliability of each configuration is expressed in terms of the design and operational loads of the component. First, higher reliability can be achieved in a cold standby configuration than in a load-sharing configuration if the increase in the component reliability obtained from the reduction in the operational load is not significant. Second, a cold standby configuration exhibits better reliability and carries a higher load than a hot standby configuration if the design load can be increased with a less decrease in the component reliability.
Publisher
Cambridge University Press (CUP)
Subject
Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering,Management Science and Operations Research,Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty,Statistics and Probability
Cited by
2 articles.
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