Note on reliabilities of series‐parallel and parallel‐series system

Abstract

This paper considers a series‐parallel and a parallel‐series system, and investigates theoretically their fundamental characteristics: it is shown that the reliability of the series‐parallel system with the same number of series and parallel tends to one as its number goes to infinity. It would be of great interest that the golden ratio plays a role in analyzing two systems. Further, an optimal number of units for a series‐parallel system with complexity is derived.

Citation

Nakagawa, T. and Cun Hua, Q. (2002), "Note on reliabilities of series‐parallel and parallel‐series system", Journal of Quality in Maintenance Engineering, Vol. 8 No. 3, pp. 274-280. https://doi.org/10.1108/13552510210439838