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    Citation - WoS: 28
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    System Reliability Under Δ-Shock Model
    (Taylor & Francis inc, 2018) Tuncel, Altan; Eryilmaz, Serkan
    delta-shock model is one of the widely studied shock models in reliability. Under this model, the system fails when the time between two consecutive shocks falls below a fixed threshold . In this paper, the survival function and the mean time to failure of the system are obtained when the times between successive shocks follow proportional hazard rate model.
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    Citation - WoS: 22
    Citation - Scopus: 23
    On Residual Lifetime of Coherent Systems After the rth Failure
    (Springer, 2013) Eryilmaz, Serkan
    In this article we study the residual lifetime of a coherent system after the rth failure, i.e. the time elapsed from the rth failure until the system failure given that the system operates at the time of the rth failure. We provide a mixture representation for the corresponding residual lifetime distribution in terms of signature. We also obtain some stochastic ordering results for the residual lifetimes.
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    Citation - WoS: 8
    Citation - Scopus: 10
    Computing Reliability Indices of a Wind Power System Via Markov Chain Modelling of Wind Speed
    (Sage Publications Ltd, 2024) Eryilmaz, Serkan; Bulanik, Irem; Devrim, Yilser
    Statistical modelling of wind speed is of great importance in the evaluation of wind farm performance and power production. Various models have been proposed in the literature depending on the corresponding time scale. For hourly observed wind speed data, the dependence among successive wind speed values is inevitable. Such a dependence has been well modelled by Markov chains. In this paper, the use of Markov chains for modelling wind speed data is discussed in the context of the previously proposed likelihood ratio test. The main steps for Markov chain based modelling methodology of wind speed are presented and the limiting distribution of the Markov chain is utilized to compute wind speed probabilities. The computational formulas for reliability indices of a wind farm consisting of a specified number of wind turbines are presented through the limiting distribution of a Markov chain. A case study that is based on real data set is also presented.
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    Citation - WoS: 2
    Citation - Scopus: 1
    Computing Waiting Time Probabilities Related To (k1< k2< ..., kl< Pattern
    (Springer, 2023) Chadjiconstantinidis, Stathis; Eryilmaz, Serkan
    For a sequence of multi-state trials with l possible outcomes denoted by {1, 2, ..., l}, let E be the event that at least k(1) consecutive is followed by at least k(2) consecutive 2s,..., followed by at least k(l) consecutive ls. Denote by T-r the number of trials for the rth occurrence of the event E in a sequence of multi-state trials. This paper studies the distribution of the waiting time random variable T-r when the sequence consists of independent and identically distributed multi-state trials. In particular, distributional properties of T-r are examined via matrix-geometric distributions.
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    Citation - WoS: 27
    Citation - Scopus: 30
    The Distributions of Sum, Minima and Maxima of Generalized Geometric Random Variables
    (Springer, 2015) Tank, Fatih; Eryilmaz, Serkan
    Geometric distribution of order as one of the generalization of well known geometric distribution is the distribution of the number of trials until the first consecutive successes in Bernoulli trials with success probability . In this paper, it is shown that this generalized distribution can be represented as a discrete phase-type distribution. Using this representation along with closure properties of phase-type distributions, the distributions of sum, minima and maxima of two independent random variables having geometric distribution of order are obtained. Numerical results are presented to illustrate the computational details.
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    Citation - WoS: 13
    Citation - Scopus: 14
    On Mean Residual Life of Discrete Time Multi-State Systems
    (Nctu-national Chiao Tung Univ Press, 2013) Eryilmaz, Serkan
    The mean residual life function is an important characteristic in reliability and survival analysis. Although many papers have studied the mean residual life of binary systems, the study of this characteristic for multi-state systems is new. In this paper, we study mean residual life of discrete time multi-state systems that have M + 1 states of working efficiency. In particular, we consider two different definitions of mean residual life function and evaluate them assuming that the degradation in multi-state system follows a Markov process.
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    Citation - WoS: 36
    Citation - Scopus: 42
    Modeling and Analysis of Weighted-k-out-of-n< G System Consisting of Two Different Types of Components
    (Sage Publications Ltd, 2014) Eryilmaz, Serkan; Sarikaya, Kadir
    This article is concerned with the reliability analysis of a weighted-k-out-of-n: G system consisting of two types of components. The system is assumed to have n components which are classified into two groups with respect to their weight and reliability, and it is assumed to operate if the total weight of all working components exceeds a prespecified threshold k. The reliability properties of such a system are studied. The optimal values of the number of components in each group are also determined under a minimum required reliability by minimizing the total acquisition cost.
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    Citation - WoS: 6
    Citation - Scopus: 6
    Discrete Time Cold Standby Repairable System: Combinatorial Analysis
    (Taylor & Francis inc, 2016) Eryilmaz, Serkan
    In this article, we obtain exact expression for the distribution of the time to failure of discrete time cold standby repairable system under the classical assumptions that both working time and repair time of components are geometric. Our method is based on alternative representation of lifetime as a waiting time random variable on a binary sequence, and combinatorial arguments. Such an exact expression for the time to failure distribution is new in the literature. Furthermore, we obtain the probability generating function and the first two moments of the lifetime random variable.
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    Citation - WoS: 7
    Citation - Scopus: 9
    Reliability of the Two-Unit Priority Standby System Revisited
    (Sage Publications Ltd, 2022) Eryilmaz, Serkan; Finkelstein, Maxim
    This paper deals with reliability assessment of the repairable two-unit cold standby system when the first, main unit has the better performance level than the second one. Therefore, after its repair, the main unit is always switched into operation. The new Laplace transform representation for the system's lifetime is obtained for arbitrary operation and repair time distributions of the units. For some particular cases, the Laplace transform of the system is shown to be rational, which enables the use of the matrix-exponential distributions for obtaining relevant reliability indices. The discrete setup of the model is also considered through the corresponding matrix-geometric distributions, which are the discrete analogs of the matrix-exponential distributions.
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    Citation - WoS: 18
    Citation - Scopus: 21
    Component importance for linear consecutive-k-Out-of-n and m-Consecutive-k-Out-of-n systems with exchangeable components
    (Wiley-blackwell, 2013) Eryilmaz, Serkan
    Measuring the relative importance of components in a mechanical system is useful for various purposes. In this article, we study Birnbaum and Barlow-Proschan importance measures for two frequently studied system designs: linear consecutive k -out-of- n and m -consecutive- k -out-of- n systems. We obtain explicit expressions for the component importance measures for systems consisting of exchangeable components. We illustrate the results for a system whose components have a Lomax type lifetime distribution. (c) 2013 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Naval Research Logistics, 2013