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    Citation - WoS: 7
    Citation - Scopus: 8
    Analysis of the Two-Unit Cold Standby Repairable System With Damage and Repair Time Dependency Via Matrix-Exponential Distributions
    (Taylor & Francis Ltd, 2021) Kus, Coskun; Eryilmaz, Serkan
    In this paper, two-unit standby repairable system is studied via matrix-exponential distributions. The system under concern consists of one active and one standby components, and fails if either a damage size upon the failure of the active component is larger than a repair limit or the repair time of the failed unit exceeds the lifetime of the active unit, whichever happens first. Under the assumption that the damage size and repair time are statistically dependent, the Laplace transform of the system's lifetime is obtained. The Laplace transform is shown to be rational under particular cases, and the reliability evaluation of the system is performed via well-known distributional properties of the matrix-exponential distributions. The problem of estimating the unknown parameters of the operation time and repair time distributions is also discussed based on system's lifetime data.
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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: 6
    Citation - Scopus: 10
    Male and Female Differences in the Use of Social Media for Learning Purposes
    (Routledge Journals, Taylor & Francis Ltd, 2018) Akman, Ibrahim; Turhan, Cigdem
    This study aims to explore the differences between male and female users' behaviour with regard to acceptance of social media for learning in higher educational institutions. For this purpose, a survey was conducted and the least square regression analysis approach was utilised to investigate the relationships among the constructs in the research model for male and female users from a general and ethical perspective, focusing on the reliability, performance and awareness factors. The findings from the analysis reveal that a significant degree of diversity is present in the factors represented by general reliability', ethical reliability', ethical performance', ethical awareness' and ethical intention'.
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    Citation - WoS: 4
    Citation - Scopus: 6
    Statistical Inference for a Class of Startup Demonstration Tests
    (Taylor & Francis inc, 2019) Eryilmaz, Serkan
    In this article, we develop a general statistical inference procedure for the probability of successful startup p in the case of startup demonstration tests when only the number of trials until termination of the experiment are observed. In particular, we define a class of startup demonstration tests and present expectation-maximization (EM) algorithm to get the maximum likelihood estimate of p for this class. Most of well-known startup testing procedures are involved in this class. Extension of the results to Markovian startups is also presented.