With the ability to produce renewable energy sources and control system devices in an
adaptive way, smart home systems (SHSs) have significantly improved the quality of our …

As an application of the Internet of Things, smart home systems have received significant
attentions in recent years due to their precedent advantages, eg, in ensuring efficient …

ZigBee and Bluetooth devices (particularly sensors) abound in smart home sensor systems
(SHSSs), and they can only be connected to the network through gateways. Therefore, there …

To improve the system reliability while conserving the limited system resources, cold
standby sparing is often used. In computing tasks, because active components fail randomly …

The fault propagation of multistate systems (MSSs) with various operational modes is a
critical factor affecting the reliability and safety of systems. However, traditional methods …

Phased-mission systems (PMSs) are common in many real-world applications. A PMS has
to accomplish a mission with multiple phases with varied requirements on system operation …

With recent advancements in Internet technologies and wireless communications, wireless
sensor network (WSN)‐based smart systems are gaining an enormous increase in use in …

In this paper, an efficient analytical modeling method is proposed for reliability analysis of k-
out-of-n phased-mission systems (PMSs). A PMS is a system involving multiple, consecutive …

The large-scale adoption of complex electromechanical systems (CMESs) renders it
challenging to perform reliability assessments for such systems. In terms of the reliability …

Complex system structures, dynamic energy demands, and tough operating environment
pose a huge challenge to reliability assessment and risk control. Taking multi‐state …