| Article ID: | iaor19921320 |
| Country: | India |
| Volume: | 28 |
| Issue: | 4 |
| Start Page Number: | 264 |
| End Page Number: | 281 |
| Publication Date: | Dec 1991 |
| Journal: | OPSEARCH |
| Authors: | Pijnenburg M., Ravichandran N. |
| Keywords: | stochastic processes |
The quasi-stationary distribution of the state description process of a two unit parallel redundant system with dependent units is derived. Further, the asymptotic distribution of the residual lifetime is shown to be negative exponential. This article concludes with discussing the possibility of extending the present methodology to various similar repairable systems.