ABSTRACT In the Internet of Things (IoT) system, relay communication is widely used to
solve the problem of energy loss in long-distance transmission and improve transmission …

Relayed communications are typically used in body sensor networks (BSNs) to improve
reliability and energy efficiency. Particularly, a biosensor communicates with the sink device …

Body sensor networks (BSNs) are playing a crucial role in tackling arising challenges during
the COVID-19 pandemic. This work contributes by modeling and analyzing the BSN …

This paper models an Internet of Things (IoT) system subject to probabilistic functional
dependence (PFD), which takes place when the failure of one component (trigger) causes …

Components within a system may be related to one another in two primary ways: in either a
serial or a parallel configuration. The other way associated system components is …

The assumption of stochastic independence between components is frequently made in
studies of system reliability. However, in a specific system, the failure of a component can …

In the context of interference models of reliability theory, the cascade system is a particular
type of standby system where the stress faced by the new component taking the place of a …

In interference theory of reliability, reliability expressions for multi-component systems are
not simple enough to facilitate analytical estimation of reliability and its other characteristics …

Establishing reliability models for multi-component parallel systems, however, is still a
challenge problem when considering the dependence of component failures. The traditional …

The interference theory, which is the subject matter of this paper, has acquired an important
place in reliability study of the systems. In it the system's strength and stress working on it are …