Abstract This work presents a Bayesian approach for estimating the reliability of a parallel multi-component system. It is assumed that the strengths of the components are independent random variables, which are subjected to a common stress with the same distribution. It is supposed that the...

This work presents a Bayesian approach for estimating the reliability of a parallel multi-component system. It is assumed that the strengths of the components are independent random variables, which are subjected to a common stress with the same distribution. It is supposed that the failure...