Abstract
In this paper we consider a class of reliability structures which can be efficiently described through (imbedded in) finite Markov chains. Some general results are provided for the reliability evaluation and generating functions of such systems. Finally, it is shown that a great variety of well known reliability structures can be accommodated in this general framework, and certain properties of those structures are obtained on using their Markov chain imbedding description.
Publisher
Cambridge University Press (CUP)
Subject
Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty,General Mathematics,Statistics and Probability
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