| Article ID: | iaor20021149 |
| Country: | China |
| Volume: | 12 |
| Issue: | 4 |
| Start Page Number: | 14 |
| End Page Number: | 18 |
| Publication Date: | Dec 2000 |
| Journal: | Journal of Chongqing University of Posts and Telecommunications |
| Authors: | Zhang Wenjie, Zhu Wenbin, Shen Yuanlong |
Using a Markov model, this paper studies the repairable k-out-of-n:G system. A method to calculate the transient system availability and a formula to calculate the steady state system availability are obtained. At the end of this paper, to demonstrate the engineering application of the method and formula the authors use the Internet as an example.