Systems Engineering and Electronics ›› 2022, Vol. 44 ›› Issue (7): 2357-2363.doi: 10.12305/j.issn.1001-506X.2022.07.33

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Solution of reliability of cold standby voting system with arbitrary distribution

Tingchun HU, Yufeng SUN, Xiaoxiao LI, Guangyan ZHAO*   

  1. School of Reliability and System Engineering, Beihang University, Beijing 100191, China
  • Received:2021-03-10 Online:2022-06-22 Published:2022-06-28
  • Contact: Guangyan ZHAO

Abstract:

The k/n: M(G) cold standby voting system contains n work units, M cold reserve units, and at least k units work when the system is working. However, the existing research on the k/n: M(G) cold standby voting system focuses on the case of the same type of subsystems with an exponential distribution, without the consideration of a case where subsystems vary in types and obey an arbitrary distribution. In this paper, the reliability of the k/n: M(G) cold standby voting system is studied. The system units obey arbitrary distribution, and the cold standby units obey the same distribution. For the case of k=n, when M takes an arbitrary value, the system reliability formulas for the homotypic and non-homotypic units are given. For the case of k < n, two different cold standby unit replacement strategies are considered, and the system reliability formulas are given for the case of the homotypic unit and the case of non-homotypic units M taking a specific value. Monte Carlo simulation experiment proves the accuracy of the proposed method.

Key words: reliability, voting system, cold standby, non-homotypic units, arbitrary distribution

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