Reliability Analysis of a Redundant Cascade System by Using Markovian Approach

Nalabolu Swathi, Tallapureddy Sumathi Uma Maheswari

Department of Mathematics, Kakatiya University, Warangal, India.

DOI: 10.4236/jamp.2015.37111                

Abstract

In the present work, it is assumed that the n-components are arranged in the hierarchial order. The n-cascade system surviving with loss of m components by k number of attacks is studied; the general equation for the reliability is obtained for the above said system; and the system reliability is computed numerically for 6-cascade system for 2-number of attacks.

Keywords

Cascade System, Redundancy, Reliability, Markov Process, k Attacks

Conflicts of Interest

The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

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