Bounds for the mean residual life function of a <Emphasis Type="Italic">k</Emphasis>-out-of-<Emphasis Type="Italic">n</Emphasis> system |
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Authors: | Mohammad Z Raqab Tomasz Rychlik |
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Institution: | 1.Department of Mathematics,University of Jordan,Amman,Jordan;2.Institute of Mathematics,Polish Academy of Sciences,Toruń,Poland |
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Abstract: | In the reliability studies, k-out-of-n systems play an important role. In this paper, we consider sharp bounds for the mean residual life function of a k-out-of-n system consisting of n identical components with independent lifetimes having a common distribution function F, measured in location and scale units of the residual life random variable X
t
= (X−t|X > t). We characterize the probability distributions for which the bounds are attained. We also evaluate the so obtained bounds
numerically for various choices of k and n. |
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