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Algebraic reliability of multi-state $k$-out-of-$n$ systems

Commutative Algebra 2020-04-14 v2 Combinatorics

Abstract

In this paper we review different definitions that multi-state kk-out-of-nn systems have received along the literature and study them in a unified way using the algebra of monomial ideals. We thus obtain formulas and algorithms to compute their reliability and bounds for it.

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@article{arxiv.2002.08823,
  title  = {Algebraic reliability of multi-state $k$-out-of-$n$ systems},
  author = {Patricia Pascual-Ortigosa and Eduardo Sáenz-de-Cabezón and Henry P. Wynn},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2002.08823},
  year   = {2020}
}