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Reliability estimation of a repairable standby redundant system

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In this paper, the reliability of a standby redundant system with an attached repair facility has been estimated using nonparametric method. The system runs on only one good unit and the other unit remains as standby. Repair facility starts operation instantaneously on first come first served basis and repairs are perfect. Efficiency of the operative unit and the repair facility ensures the reliability of the system. Estimators are derived based on left truncated and right censored data. The values of the derived estimators have been computed and compared with the actual values of the same assuming exponential distribution for failure as well as repair times of the units.

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  1. S2-222, RBI Officers’ Quarters, Gokuldham, Goregaon (East), 400 063, Mumbai, India

    Pradip Bhuyan

  2. Department of Statistics, Gauhati University, 781 014, Guwahati, India

    Pranita Sarmah

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Bhuyan, P., Sarmah, P. Reliability estimation of a repairable standby redundant system. Statistical Papers 43, 323–336 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00362-002-0107-x

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