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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: 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: 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: 17
    Citation - Scopus: 16
    A Study on Reliability of Coherent Systems Equipped With a Cold Standby Component
    (Springer Heidelberg, 2014) Eryilmaz, Serkan
    In this paper, we investigate the effect of a single cold standby component on the performance of a coherent system. In particular, we focus on coherent systems which may fail at the time of the first component failure in the system. We obtain signature based expressions for the survival function and mean time to failure of the coherent systems satisfying the abovementioned property.
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    Citation - WoS: 6
    Citation - Scopus: 7
    Modeling Systems With Two Dependent Components Under Bivariate Shock Models
    (Taylor & Francis inc, 2019) Eryilmaz, Serkan
    Series and parallel systems consisting of two dependent components are studied under bivariate shock models. The random variables N-1 and N-2 that represent respectively the number of shocks until failure of component 1 and component 2 are assumed to be dependent and phase-type. The times between successive shocks are assumed to follow a continuous phase-type distribution, and survival functions and mean time to failure values of series and parallel systems are obtained in matrix forms. An upper bound for the joint survival function of the components is also provided under the particular case when the times between shocks follow exponential distribution.
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    Citation - WoS: 19
    Citation - Scopus: 14
    Assessment of Shock Models for a Particular Class of Intershock Time Distributions
    (Springer, 2022) Kus, Coskun; Tuncel, Altan; Eryilmaz, Serkan
    In this paper, delta and extreme shock models and a mixed shock model which combines delta-shock and extreme shock models are studied. In particular, the interarrival times between successive shocks are assumed to belong to a class of matrix-exponential distributions which is larger than the class of phase-type distributions. The Laplace -Stieltjes transforms of the systems' lifetimes are obtained in a matrix form. Survival functions of the systems are approximated based on the Laplace-Stieltjes transforms. The results are applied for the reliability evaluation of a certain repairable system consisting of two components.
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    Citation - WoS: 20
    Citation - Scopus: 28
    Reliability Analysis of Consecutive k-out-of-n< Systems With Non-Identical Components Lifetimes
    (Elsevier Science Bv, 2011) Salehi, E. T.; Asadi, M.; Eryilmaz, S.
    In recent years, the study of reliability properties of consecutive k-out-of-n systems has attracted a great deal of attention from both theoretical and practical perspectives. In this paper we consider linear and circular consecutive k-out-of-n systems. It is assumed that lifetimes of components of the systems are independent but their probability distributions are non-identical. We study the reliability properties of the residual lifetimes of such systems under the condition that at least (n - r + 1), r <= n, components of the system are operating. We also investigate the probability that a specific number of components of the above-mentioned system operate at time t, t > 0, under the condition that the system is alive at time t. (C) 2011 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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    Citation - WoS: 13
    Citation - Scopus: 17
    Reliability of Weighted k-out-of-n< g Systems Consisting of Two Types of Components and a Cold Standby Component
    (Taylor & Francis inc, 2017) Franko, C.; Eryılmaz, Serkan; Tutuncu, G. Y.; Eryilmaz, S.; Eryılmaz, Serkan; Industrial Engineering; Industrial Engineering
    In this article, the influence of a cold standby component to the reliability of weighted k-out-of-n: G systems consisting of two different types of components is studied. Weighted k-out-of-n: G systems are generalization of k-out-of-n systems that has attracted substantial interest in reliability theory because of their various applications in engineering. A method based on residual lifetimes of mixed components is presented for computing reliability of weighted k-out-of-n: G systems with two types of components and a cold standby component. Reliability and mean time to failure of different structured systems have been computed. Moreover, obtained results are used for defining optimal system configurations that can minimize the overall system costs.
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    Citation - WoS: 4
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    Relative Behavior of a Coherent System With Respect To Another Coherent System
    (Springer, 2015) Eryilmaz, Serkan; Tutuncu, G. Yazgi
    In this paper, two independent coherent systems with different structures, and different types of components are considered. The remaining lifetime and the remaining number of working components of system I after the failure of the system II when we know that the system II fails before the system I are studied. In particular, signature-based expressions are obtained for the distribution of these conditional random variables. Illustrative examples are provided.
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    Citation - WoS: 6
    Citation - Scopus: 6
    Reliability Assessment for Censored Δ-Shock Models
    (Springer, 2022) Chadjiconstantinidis, Stathis; Eryilmaz, Serkan
    This paper is devoted to study censored delta-shock models for both cases when the intershock times have discrete and continuous distributions. In particular, the distribution and moments of the system's lifetime are studied via probability generating functions and Laplace transforms. For discrete intershock time distributions, several recursions for evaluating the probability mass function, the survival function and the moments of the system's lifetime are given. As it is shown for the discrete case, the distribution of the system's lifetime is directly linked with matrix-geometric distributions for particular classes of intershock time distributions, such as phase-type distributions. Thus, matrix-based expressions are readily obtained for the exact distribution of the system's lifetime under discrete setup. Also, discrete uniform intershock time distributions are examined. For the case of continuous intershock time distributions, it is shown that the shifted lifetime has a compound geometric distribution, and based on this, the distribution of the system's lifetime is approximated via discrete mixture distributions having a mass at delta and matrix-exponential distributions for the continuous part. Both for the discrete and the continuous case, Lundberg-type bounds and asymptotics for the survival function of system's lifetime are given. To illustrate the results, some numerical examples, both for the discrete and the continuous case, are also given.