On the timing to switch on the standby in k-out-of-n:G redundant systems

Intuitively, activating the standby of a k-out-of-n:G system to the working state at the last moment fully utilizes the redundancy and hence would result in a more reliable system; however, this is not always true as shown in a counterexample. This paper presents several scenarios under which, in comparison with the early switching, switching the standby to the working state at the last moment does improve system reliability more.

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Year of publication:	2015
Authors:	Li, Xiaohu ; Fang, Rui ; Mi, Jie
Published in:	Statistics & Probability Letters. - Elsevier, ISSN 0167-7152. - Vol. 96.2015, C, p. 10-20
Publisher:	Elsevier
Subject:	General standby \| IFR \| Order statistics \| Residual life \| Stochastic order

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Type of publication:	Article
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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