Article ID: | iaor2003180 |
Country: | United States |
Volume: | 49 |
Issue: | 2 |
Start Page Number: | 159 |
End Page Number: | 166 |
Publication Date: | Mar 2002 |
Journal: | Naval Research Logistics |
Authors: | Hwang F.K., Chang Hsun-Wen |
Various indices of component importance with respect to system reliability have been proposed. The most popular one is the Birnbaum importance. In particular, a special case called uniform Birnbaum importance in which all components have the same reliability