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Extended block diagram method for a multi-state system reliability assessment

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  • Lisnianski, Anatoly

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The presented method extends the classical reliability block diagram method to a repairable multi-state system. It is very suitable for engineering applications since the procedure is well formalized and based on the natural decomposition of the entire multi-state system (the system is represented as a collection of its elements). Until now, the classical block diagram method did not provide the reliability assessment for the repairable multi-state system. The straightforward stochastic process methods are very difficult for engineering application in such cases due to the “dimension damnation†—huge number of system states. The suggested method is based on the combined random processes and the universal generating function technique and drastically reduces the number of states in the multi-state model.

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  • Lisnianski, Anatoly, 2007. "Extended block diagram method for a multi-state system reliability assessment," Reliability Engineering and System Safety, Elsevier, vol. 92(12), pages 1601-1607.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:reensy:v:92:y:2007:i:12:p:1601-1607
    DOI: 10.1016/j.ress.2006.09.013
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