Purpose The purpose of this paper is to briefly summarize and review the theories and
methods of complex structures' dynamic reliability. Complex structures are usually …

Reliability analysis considering multiple possible states is known as multi-state (MS)
reliability analysis. Multi-state system reliability models allow both the system and its …

Most books on reliability theory are devoted to traditional binary reliability models allowing
for only two possible states for a system and its components: perfect functionality and …

Semi-Markov Processes: Applications in System Reliability and Maintenance is a modern
view of discrete state space and continuous time semi-Markov processes and their …

This book aims to present a state-of-the-art survey of theories and methods of reliability,
maintenance, and warranty with emphasis on multi-unit systems, and to reflect current hot …

In this paper, we develop a generalized multi-state degraded system reliability model
subject to multiple competing failure processes, including two degradation processes, and …

This paper generalizes a redundancy optimization problem to multi-state systems, where the
system and its components have a range of performance levels-from perfect functioning to …

Reliability of Large and Complex Systems, previously titled Reliability of Large Systems, is
an innovative guide to the current state and reliability of large and complex systems. In …

Efficient asset management is of paramount importance, particularly for systems with costly
downtime and failure. As in energy and capital-intensive industries, the economic loss of …

The paper generalizes a preventive maintenance optimization problem to multi-state
systems, which have a range of performance levels. Multi-state system reliability is defined …