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An allocation scheme for estimating the reliability of a parallel-series system

Applications 2012-12-27 v4

Abstract

We give a hybrid two stage design which can be useful to estimate the reliability of a parallel-series and/or by duality a series-parallel system, when the component reliabilities are unknown as well as the total numbers of units allowed to be tested in each subsystem. When a total sample size is fixed large, asymptotic optimality is proved systematically and validated via Monte Carlo simulation.

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@article{arxiv.1202.5334,
  title  = {An allocation scheme for estimating the reliability of a parallel-series system},
  author = {Zohra Benkamra and Mekki Terbeche and Mounir Tlemcani},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1202.5334},
  year   = {2012}
}

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16 pages, 4 figures

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