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    Citation - WoS: 22
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    Computing reliability indices of repairable systems via signature
    (Elsevier Science Bv, 2014) Eryilmaz, Serkan
    The purpose of this paper is to show the usefulness of system signature for computing some important reliability indices of repairable systems. In particular, we obtain signature-based expressions for stationary availability, rate of occurrence of failure, and mean time to the first failure of repairable systems. Using these expressions we compute corresponding reliability indices of all systems with three and four components. Computational results are also presented for consecutive-k-within-m-out-of-n:F and m-consecutive-k-out-of-n:F systems. (C) 2013 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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    Citation - WoS: 7
    Citation - Scopus: 8
    A new look at dynamic behavior of binary coherent system from a state-level perspective
    (Springer, 2014) Eryilmaz, Serkan
    In this paper we study lifetime properties of binary coherent systems from a state-level perspective. We define and study a system whose performance levels are determined by its total number of working components and structure. That is, the more working components the better performance level for the system. This enables us to make a more detailed analysis of a binary system. We obtain the distributions of the time that is spent by the system in a specific state subset and a specific state. Our analysis is based on the use of system signature. We also define an optimization problem concerned with the determination of the number of warm standby components.
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    Citation - WoS: 20
    Citation - Scopus: 20
    On Optimal Age Replacement Policy for a Class of Coherent Systems
    (Elsevier, 2020) Eryilmaz, Serkan; Eryılmaz, Serkan; Pekalp, Mustafa Hilmi; Eryılmaz, Serkan; Industrial Engineering; Industrial Engineering
    According to the well-known age replacement policy, the system is replaced preventively at time t or correctively at system failure, whichever occurs first. For a coherent system consisting of components having common failure time distribution which has increasing failure rate, we present necessary conditions for the existence of the unique optimal value which minimizes the mean cost rate. The conditions are mainly based on the signature which only depends on the system's structure. The results are illustrated for linear and circular consecutive type systems. (C) 2020 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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    Citation - WoS: 45
    Citation - Scopus: 48
    Age-Based Preventive Maintenance for Coherent Systems With Applications To Consecutive-k-out-of-n< and Related Systems
    (Elsevier Sci Ltd, 2020) Eryilmaz, Serkan
    This article presents a signature-based representation for the expected cost rate of age-based preventive maintenance policy for a binary coherent system consisting of independent exponential components, and then specializes the method to consecutive k-out-of-n system and its generalizations. According to the age-based preventive maintenance policy, the system is replaced at failure or before failure. For an arbitrary coherent system, the number of failed components at replacement time is a random variable. Thus, the expected cost per unit of time involves the mean number of failed components at replacement time. This mean is represented in terms of signature. Extensive numerical and graphical examples are presented for m-consecutive k-out-of-n:F and consecuthre-k-within-m-out-of-n:F systems.
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    Citation - WoS: 32
    Citation - Scopus: 37
    The Effectiveness of Adding Cold Standby Redundancy To a Coherent System at System and Component Levels
    (Elsevier Sci Ltd, 2017) Eryilmaz, Serkan
    The effect of adding cold standby redundancy to a system at system and component levels provides a useful information in reliability design. For a series (parallel) system adding cold standby redundancy at the component (system) level yields longer system lifetime. In this paper, the effect of adding cold standby redundancy to a general coherent structure at system and component levels is studied. In particular, signature based expressions for the survival function of the system after standby redundancy at system and component levels are obtained. Thus for a given coherent structure with known signature, the survival functions and mean time to failure of new systems can be easily calculated and comparisons can be done in terms of stochastic ordering, and mean time to failure ordering. As a case study, circular consecutive-k-out-of-n:G system which can be used to analyze activities in a nuclear accelerator is considered.