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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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    A Class of Shock Models for a System That Is Equipped With a Protection Block With an Application to Wind Turbine Reliability
    (Wiley, 2025) Eryilmaz, Serkan
    This paper studies a class of shock models for a system that is equipped with a protection block that has its own failure rate. Under the considered class, the system exposed to shocks at random times is protected by the protection block, and the probability of the shock damaging the system varies depending on whether the protection block operates or not. The system failure criteria is defined based on the pattern of the critical/damaging shocks. Exact expressions for the reliability and mean time to failure of the system are obtained, and detailed computations are presented for the run shock model, which is included in the class. The application of the extreme shock model, which is included in the relevant class, to wind turbine reliability is also discussed.
  • Article
    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.
  • Article
    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.
  • Article
    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
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    Citation - WoS: 26
    Citation - Scopus: 28
    Mean residual life of coherent systems consisting of multiple types of dependent components
    (Wiley, 2018) Eryilmaz, Serkan; Coolen, Frank P. A.; Coolen-Maturi, Tahani
    Mean residual life is a useful dynamic characteristic to study reliability of a system. It has been widely considered in the literature not only for single unit systems but also for coherent systems. This article is concerned with the study of mean residual life for a coherent system that consists of multiple types of dependent components. In particular, the survival signature based generalized mixture representation is obtained for the survival function of a coherent system and it is used to evaluate the mean residual life function. Furthermore, two mean residual life functions under different conditional events on components' lifetimes are also defined and studied.
  • Article
    Citation - WoS: 6
    Citation - Scopus: 6
    Dynamic Reliability and Performance Evaluation of Multi-State Systems With Two Components
    (Hacettepe Univ, Fac Sci, 2011) Eryilmaz, Serkan; Industrial Engineering
    In this paper we study multi-state systems consisting of two components when the number of system states and the number of states of each component are the same, i.e. the systems under consideration are homogeneous multi-state systems. In particular we evaluate multi-state series and cold standby systems assuming that the degradation in their components follow a Markov process. The behaviour of systems with respect to degradation rates is also investigated in terms of stochastic ordering.
  • Editorial
    Discussion of Signature-Based Models of Preventive Maintenance
    (Wiley, 2023) Eryilmaz, Serkan
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    Citation - WoS: 12
    Citation - Scopus: 14
    The Markov Discrete Time Δ-Shock Reliability Model and a Waiting Time Problem
    (Wiley, 2022) Chadjiconstantinidis, Stathis; Eryilmaz, Serkan
    delta-shock model is one of the widely studied shock models in reliability theory and applied probability. In this model, the system fails due to the arrivals of two consecutive shocks which are too close to each other. That is, the system breaks down when the time between two successive shocks falls below a fixed threshold delta. In the literature, the delta-shock model has been mostly studied by assuming that the time between shocks have continuous distribution. In the present paper, the discrete time version of the model is considered. In particular, a proper waiting time random variable is defined based on a sequence of two-state Markov dependent binary trials and the problem of finding the distribution of the system's lifetime is linked with the distribution of the waiting time random variable, and we study the joint as well as the marginal distributions of the lifetime, the number of shocks and the number of failures associated with these binary trials.
  • Article
    Citation - WoS: 7
    Citation - Scopus: 9
    Reliability-Based Evaluation of Hybrid Wind-Solar Energy System
    (Sage Publications Ltd, 2021) Devrim, Yilser; Eryilmaz, Serkan
    In this article, a hybrid system that consists of a specified number of wind turbines and solar modules is considered. In particular, the system is modeled using weightedk-out-of-nsystem which is also known as a threshold system in reliability literature. The system under concern consists ofn1identical wind turbines andn2identical solar modules, and each turbine and module can be in one of two states as working or failed. The probability that the entire hybrid system withn=n1+n2components produces power at minimum levelkis computed and evaluated. The importance of single-wind turbine and solar module is also calculated to measure which renewable energy component is more critical and important. Extensive numerical results that are based on real data set are presented to illustrate the model.