Chapter 9: Problem 30
Compute the expected system lifetime of a three-out-of-four system when the first two component lifetimes are uniform on \((0,1)\) and the second two are uniform on \((0,2)\).
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Chapter 9: Problem 30
Compute the expected system lifetime of a three-out-of-four system when the first two component lifetimes are uniform on \((0,1)\) and the second two are uniform on \((0,2)\).
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Show that if each (independent) component of a series system has an IFR distribution, then the system lifetime is itself IFR by (a) showing that $$ \lambda_{F}(t)=\sum_{i} \lambda_{i}(t) $$ where \(\lambda_{F}(t)\) is the failure rate function of the system; and \(\lambda_{i}(t)\) the failure rate function of the lifetime of component \(i\). (b) using the definition of IFR given in Exercise 22 .
Consider a structure in which the minimal path sets are \(\\{1,2,3\\}\) and \(\\{3,4,5\\}\). (a) What are the minimal cut sets? (b) If the component lifetimes are independent uniform \((0,1)\) random variables, determine the probability that the system life will be less than \(\frac{1}{2}\).
Show that the mean lifetime of a parallel system of two components is $$ \frac{1}{\mu_{1}+\mu_{2}}+\frac{\mu_{1}}{\left(\mu_{1}+\mu_{2}\right) \mu_{2}}+\frac{\mu_{2}}{\left(\mu_{1}+\mu_{2}\right) \mu_{1}} $$ when the first component is exponentially distributed with mean \(1 / \mu_{1}\) and the second is exponential with mean \(1 / \mu_{2}\).
Let \(F\) be a continuous distribution function. For some positive \(\alpha\), define the distribution function \(G\) by $$ \bar{G}(t)=(\bar{F}(t))^{\alpha} $$ Find the relationship between \(\lambda_{G}(t)\) and \(\lambda_{F}(t)\), the respective failure rate functions of \(G\) and \(F\).
Component \(i\) is said to be relevant to the system if for some state vector \(\mathbf{x}\), $$ \phi\left(1_{i}, \mathbf{x}\right)=1, \quad \phi\left(0_{i}, \mathbf{x}\right)=0 $$ Otherwise, it is said to be irrelevant. (a) Explain in words what it means for a component to be irrelevant. (b) Let \(A_{1}, \ldots, A_{s}\) be the minimal path sets of a system, and let \(S\) denote the set of components. Show that \(S=\bigcup_{i=1}^{s} A_{i}\) if and only if all components are relevant. (c) Let \(C_{1}, \ldots, C_{k}\) denote the minimal cut sets. Show that \(S=\bigcup_{i=1}^{k} C_{i}\) if and only if all components are relevant.
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