On δ-shock model with a change point in intershock time distribution

Abstract

In this paper, we study the reliability of a system that works under o-shock model. That is, the system failure occurs when the time between two successive shocks is less than a given threshold o. In a traditional setup of the o shock model, the intershock times are assumed to have the same distribution. In the present setup, a change occurs in the distribution of the intershock times due to an environmental effect. Thus, the distribution of the intershock times changes after a random number of shocks. The reliability of the system is studied under this change point setup.