Author(s)

Vanderlei da Costa Bueno

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In this paper we discuss how to measure the component importance for a system in its signature representation. The definition is given in terms of compensator transform and it can be considered as a new formalization of the ideas presented by Bergman [1] in the context of system signature.

System Signature, Dynamic System Signature, Coherent Systems, Component Importance, Point Processes Martingales

V. Bueno, "A Coherent System Component Importance under Its Signatures Representation," American Journal of Operations Research, Vol. 1 No. 3, 2011, pp. 172-179. doi: 10.4236/ajor.2011.13019.