On the Stochastic Properties of Unfailed Components in Used Networks

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Department of Statistics, Shiraz University, Shiraz, Iran

Abstract

We consider a two-state network consists of n components and assume that the failure of components occur according to a nonhomogeneous Poisson process. Some networks have the property that after the failure, some of the components remain unfailed. The remaining unfailed components might be resumed from the network and be used again in a new network. In this paper, we explore some aging properties and stochastic comparisons of the residual lifetime of remaining unfailed components of the failed network.

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