{"title":"Availability and mean time to failure for repairable <i>k-out-N: G</i> systems with identical components","authors":"Mohammed A. Hajeeh","doi":"10.1504/ijids.2023.134792","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"This study presents Markov models for assessing the availability and the mean time to failure (MTTF) of a k-out-of n: G system with exponentially distributed time between failures and repair times. Generalised analytical expressions for the steady-state availability and MTTF are derived. Furthermore, numerical examples are used to illustrate the performance of several models along with the cost of adopting different configurations.","PeriodicalId":38184,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Information and Decision Sciences","volume":"33 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"International Journal of Information and Decision Sciences","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1504/ijids.2023.134792","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q3","JCRName":"Decision Sciences","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
This study presents Markov models for assessing the availability and the mean time to failure (MTTF) of a k-out-of n: G system with exponentially distributed time between failures and repair times. Generalised analytical expressions for the steady-state availability and MTTF are derived. Furthermore, numerical examples are used to illustrate the performance of several models along with the cost of adopting different configurations.
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In today''s fast-paced business environment, even with an abundance of information, decision-making can be complex and slow. As floods of data emerge, effective information processing is sought as a panacea. With the ever-present spectre of uncertainty, sound decisions are key. As a consequence of the various conflicts/dilemmas, employment of efficient data management leading to better decision-making is the goal. Organisations must employ effective information management/decision-making processes at each critical stage of their functions. IJIDS addresses the issues involved in this. Topics covered include: -AHP or DEA -Behavioural sciences, psychology, sociology -Business intelligence, economics -Computing and decision sciences, data-driven decision making -Decision making in social setting, under uncertainty, with multimedia -Decision support systems/software -Decision theory, decision trees, MCDM -Ethical decision making, group decision making, software -Fuzzy information processing, game theory, grid analysis, informatics, IT -Intelligent agent technologies, neural networks, OLAP -Knowledge discovery in databases, web search, scenario/system analysis -Mathematics of decision sciences, decision making methods/styles -Perspectives of decision making, robust decisions, morphological analysis -Political/public decision making -Risk management, statistics