失效单调关联系统的条件存活元件数量

单调关联系统在可靠性,生存分析和其他生命科学中扮演着非常重要的角色.在本文中,我们考虑了n中取(n-k+1)系统中存活元件的数量,假设在时刻t时存活的元件至少有(n-m+1)个,且系统在时刻t处于失效状态.在此条件下,我们计算系统中存活元件数量为i(i=n-m+1,…,n-k)的概率,从而获得了其可靠性与几个随机性质.此外,我们将结果扩展到具有绝对连续可交换元件的一般单调关联系统.     

独立元件组成的n中取k系统剩余寿命的年龄性质

研究了独立元件组成的n中取k系统的剩余寿命长度的年龄性质,该系统在时刻t＜0有n-k个元件失效.对于几类寿命分布元件,讨论了元件仅仅独立的情形下,n中取k个系统剩余寿命的特征.     

一类并联系统的剩余寿命和平均剩余寿命

研究了n个独立但不同分布的元件构成的一类并联系统的剩余寿命和平均剩余寿命,即在t_1时刻有l个元件失效,第k个元件的寿命恰好是t_2(0≤lkn,0≤t_1t_2),系统在t_2时刻仍然工作的条件下并联系统的可靠性函数和平均剩余寿命.     

多状态可靠性系统动态signature及其剩余寿命分析

系统signature是分析系统可靠性的一个强有力的工具。本文研究了多状态系统的动态signature。Signature概念被拓展到多维的情形,并将其应用于两状态元件下多态关联系统的分析,得到系统在每一状态下的联合生存函数的表达式,探究了系统在时刻的动态signature,为处于工作状态的多状态系统在时刻t接受检查,发现其处于l(t)状态并且恰好已发生了q(t)次元件失效,分别给出了两状态元件多态关联系统动态signature及其剩余寿命的表达式。     

特殊关联系统下寿命的封闭性

§1.引言由同一寿命分布类■中的元件组成的关联系统(coherent system),其寿命是否仍属于(?),是可靠性数学中的一个重要问题.见 Barlow 和 Proschan(1975),Klefsj(o|¨)(1982)等.虽然在许多寿命分布类中对构成关联系统是不封闭的,如对 IFR 类,但是,一些特殊的系统,在适当的条件下,其封闭性仍然是成立的.例如,由独立同分布部件组成的 k-n(F)系统,若部件有 IFR 分布,则系统寿命亦属于 IFR 类.Klefsj(o|¨)(1984)对 NBU 类证明了并联系统的封闭性.同时,他提到在部件独立同分布时,并联系统的寿命对 NBUE,DMRL 及 HNBUE 类是否封闭的问题至今仍未解决.这篇短文对 NBUE 及 DMRL 的封闭性给出了证明,而对 HNBUE 的情形有反例说明不封闭.     

单调关联系统模糊可靠度函数的性质

应用可靠性和模糊数的基本理论,给出了单调关联系统的模糊可靠度的定义,并讨论了单调关联系统的模糊可靠度函数的性质。     

非单调关联系统FTA定量分析的新方法

本文在利用不交化最小割集矩阵求解非单调关联系统ＦＴＡ的ＰＩＳ基础上，进一步提出了利用所救是的不交化最小割集矩阵进行非单调关联系统定量分析的新方法，这种方法简单，直观，尤其适用于带有重复事件的非单调关联系统。     

年龄点t0之后的NBU性的非参数检验方法

NBU＊t0寿命分布中新元件的寿命随机地大于旧的年龄不小于t0的元件的剩余寿命,这为更广泛地模拟元件的老化和劣化现象提供了丰富的内容。本文首先对那些t0年龄点之后剩余寿命随机等于新元件寿命的元件的结构加以刻画,然后建立了一个非参数检验方法以区分这种随机等价性和t0年龄点后的严格的NBU性,并给出了针对一个NBU＊t0但非NBU的寿命分布的例子的数值模拟结果。     

多态单调关联系统的模型特性研究

本文引入向量水平函数和向量水平集的概念。这两个概念的意义在于：（１）利用向量水平集的性质推断单调系统的路集性质；（２）利用向量水平集的性质判断多态系统是否关联；（３）利用向量水平集的性质可心简化多态单调关联系统模型类的分析，本文先给出一般性结果，然后分析了二部件三态系统。     

一个新的具有单调降失效率的寿命分布

本文由Pareto分布和Logarithmic分布"混合"生成两参数具有单调降失效率的新型寿命分布,研究了该分布的矩、熵、失效率函数、平均剩余寿命和参数的极大似然估计,应用EM算法求参数的极大似然估计,进行了数值模拟.     

Stochastic Properties of Components in a Used Coherent System

Some coherent systems are such that failure of the system does not mean that all components fail. This paper investigates the stochastic behavior and reliability properties of the residual lifetime of live components in coherent systems under the assumption that the system fails at time t. We also investigate the stochastic properties of inactivity time of failed components in coherent systems where failure of some components does not cause the failure of the complete system.     

Applications of average and projected systems to the study of coherent systems

In this paper, we introduce the concepts of average and projected systems associated to a coherent (parent) system. We analyze several aspects of these notions and show that they can be useful tools in studying the performance of coherent systems with non-exchangeable components. We show that the average and projected systems are especially useful in studying the tail behavior of reliability, hazard rate and mean residual life functions of the parent system and also in obtaining the tail best systems (under different criteria) by permuting the components at the system structure. Moreover, they can be useful in assessing how the asymmetry of the joint distribution of the component lifetimes (with respect to permutations of the components in the system structure) affects the system performance.     

Stochastic comparisons of residual lifetimes and inactivity times of coherent systems with dependent identically distributed components

In this paper we compare the residual lifetime of a used coherent system of age t>0$t>0$ with the lifetime of the similar coherent system made up of used components of age t. Here ‘similar’ means that the system has the same structure and the component lifetimes have the same dependence (joint reliability copula). Some comparison results are obtained for the likelihood ratio order, failure rate order, reversed failure rate order and the usual stochastic order. Similar results are reported for comparing inactivity time of a coherent system with lifetime of similar coherent system having component lifetimes same as inactivity times of failed components.     

Some results for repairable systems with minimal repairs

In this paper, we consider a repairable system with minimal repairs whose number of repairs is a positive random variable with a given probability vector. Some preservation theorems and aging properties of repairable systems are established. Under the condition that at time t the system is working, a new random variable for the residual lifetime of the system is proposed. Some stochastic ordering results among the lifetimes and residual lifetimes of two systems are obtained. Similar results for coherent systems with independent components and exchangeable components were obtained in the previous literature. Copyright © 2013 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Comparisons in the mean residual life order of coherent systems with identically distributed components

The comparisons of the performance of coherent systems (under different stochastic criteria) is an important task in the reliability theory. Several results have been obtained in the literature for the stochastic, hazard rate and likelihood ratio orders. In this paper, we obtain comparison results for the mean residual life order of coherent systems with identically distributed (ID) component lifetimes. These results can be applied not only to the usual case of systems with independent and identically distributed components but also to the case of systems with exchangeable components and to the more general case of just ID components. The results obtained are based on the representation of the system distribution as a distorted distribution of the common components' distribution. Some specific comparison results are given to illustrate the theoretical results. The comparison results for distorted distributions given here can also be applied to other statistical concepts such as order statistics, generalized order statistics or record values. Copyright © 2015 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Comparisons and bounds for expected lifetimes of reliability systems

Sharp bounds on expectations of lifetimes of coherent and mixed systems composed of elements with independent and either identically or non-identically distributed lifetimes are expressed in terms of expected lifetimes of components. Similar evaluations are concluded for the respective mean residual lifetimes. In the IID case, improved inequalities dependent on a concentration parameter connected to the Gini dispersion index are obtained. The results can be used to compare systems with component lifetimes ordered in the convex ordering. In the INID case, some refined bounds are derived in terms of the expected lifetimes of series systems of smaller sizes, and the expected lifetime of single unit for the equivalent systems with IID components. The latter can be further simplified in the case of weak Schur-concavity and Schur-convexity of the system generalized domination polynomial.     

Some stochastic comparisons of conditional coherent systems

This paper investigates coherent systems with independent and identical components. Stochastic comparison on the residual life and the inactivity time of two systems with stochastically ordered signatures is conducted. Copyright © 2008 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Orderings of coherent systems with randomized dependent components

Consider a general coherent system with independent or dependent components, and assume that the components are randomly chosen from two different stocks, with the components of the first stock having better reliability than the others. Then here we provide sufficient conditions on the component’s lifetimes and on the random numbers of components chosen from the two stocks in order to improve the reliability of the whole system according to different stochastic orders. We also discuss several examples in which such conditions are satisfied and an application to the study of the optimal random allocation of components in series and parallel systems. As a novelty, our study includes the case of coherent systems with dependent components by using basic mathematical tools (and copula theory).     

Conditional residual lifetimes of coherent systems

In this paper, we derive mixture representations for the reliability function of the conditional residual lifetime of a coherent system with n$n$ independent and identically distributed (i.i.d.) components under the condition that at least j$j$ and at most k−1$k-1$ (j<k$j<k$) components have failed by time t$t$. Based on these mixture representations, we then discuss stochastic comparisons of the conditional residual lifetimes of two coherent systems with independent and identical components.     

Reliability and expectation bounds for coherent systems with exchangeable components

Sharp upper and lower bounds are obtained for the reliability functions and the expectations of lifetimes of coherent systems based on dependent exchangeable absolutely continuous components with a given marginal distribution function, by use of the concept of Samaniego's signature. We first show that the distribution of any coherent system based on exchangeable components with absolutely continuous joint distribution is a convex combination of distributions of order statistics (equivalent to the k-out-of-n systems) with the weights identical with the values of the Samaniego signature of the system. This extends the Samaniego representation valid for the case of independent and identically distributed components. Combining the representation with optimal bounds on linear combinations of distribution functions of order statistics from dependent identically distributed samples, we derive the corresponding reliability and expectation bounds, dependent on the signature of the system and marginal distribution of dependent components. We also present the sequences of exchangeable absolutely continuous joint distributions of components which attain the bounds in limit. As an application, we obtain the reliability bounds for all the coherent systems with three and four exchangeable components, expressed in terms of the parent marginal reliability function and specify the respective expectation bounds for exchangeable exponential components, comparing them with the lifetime expectations of systems with independent and identically distributed exponential components.