This paper studies a repairable k-out-of-n:G system with failure dependencies, N-policy and repairman's multiple vacations. Whenever there are no broken components, the repairman leaves for a vacation which obeys a phase type distribution. Upon returning from his/her vacation, he/she takes...

This paper studies a repairable k-out-of-n:G system with failure dependencies, N-policy and repairman’s multiple vacations. Whenever there are no broken components, the repairman leaves for a vacation which obeys a phase type distribution. Upon returning from his/her vacation, he/she takes...