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ORDERING CONSECUTIVE k-OUT-OF-n:F SYSTEMS

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 April 2012

Gaofeng Da ,
Ben Zheng  and
Taizhong Hu
Gaofeng Da
Affiliation:
Department of Statistics and Finance, School of Management, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026People's Republic of China E-mail: dagf@ustc.edu.cn; zhengben@mail.ustc.edu.cn; thu@ustc.edu.cn
Ben Zheng
Affiliation:
Department of Statistics and Finance, School of Management, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026People's Republic of China E-mail: dagf@ustc.edu.cn; zhengben@mail.ustc.edu.cn; thu@ustc.edu.cn
Taizhong Hu
Affiliation:
Department of Statistics and Finance, School of Management, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026People's Republic of China E-mail: dagf@ustc.edu.cn; zhengben@mail.ustc.edu.cn; thu@ustc.edu.cn
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Abstract

Stochastic comparisons of linear (circular) consecutive k-out-of-n:F systems with independent components are studied. A sufficient condition is given under which the lifetime of a circular consecutive k-out-of-n:F system with independent and nonidentically distributed components is stochastically decreasing in n for fixed k. Furthermore, the likelihood ratio orderings of the lifetimes of linear (circular) consecutive k-out-of-n:F systems with independent and identically distributed components are also established, and some counterexamples are given to show that these orderings are not true in general.

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Research Article
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Probability in the Engineering and Informational Sciences , Volume 26 , Issue 2 , April 2012 , pp. 147 - 158
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2012

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