Mathematical Problems in Engineering 
Volume 2005 (2005), Issue 3, Pages 269-273
doi:10.1155/MPE.2005.269

On the reliability of a renewable multiple cold standby system

E. J. Vanderperre

 Department of Quantitative Management, University of South Africa, P.O. Box 392, Pretoria 0003, South Africa
Received 14 July 2004; Revised 10 December 2004

Abstract

We present a general reliability analysis of a renewable multiple cold standby system attended by a single repairman. Our analysis is based on a refined methodology of queuing theory. The particular case of deterministic failures provides an explicit exact result for the survival function of the duplex system.