Article ID: | iaor20002040 |
Country: | United States |
Volume: | 46 |
Issue: | 5 |
Start Page Number: | 507 |
End Page Number: | 523 |
Publication Date: | Aug 1999 |
Journal: | Naval Research Logistics |
Authors: | Samaniego Francisco J., Kochar Subhash, Mukerjee Hari |
Various methods and criteria for comparing coherent systems are discussed. Theoretical results are derived for comparing systems of a given order when components are assumed to have independent and identically distributed lifetimes. All comparisons rely on the representation of a system's lifetime distribution as a function of the system's ‘signature’, that is, as a function of the vector p = (