Comparison of Reliability Systems Based Uncertainty

Stochastic comparison has been an important direction of research in various area. This can be done by the use of the notion of stochastic ordering which gives qualitatitive rather than purely quantitative estimation of the system under study. In this paper we present applications of comparison based uncertainty related to entropy in Reliability analysis, for example to design better systems. These results can be used as a priori information in simulation studies.

Authors:

• A. Aissani
• H. Benaoudia

Keywords:

• Uncertainty
• Stochastic comparison
• Reliability
• serie's system
• imperfect repair.

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