Eryilmaz, SerkanIndustrial Engineering2024-07-052024-07-0520140018-95291558-172110.1109/TR.2014.23138072-s2.0-84906948730https://doi.org/10.1109/TR.2014.2313807https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14411/149Eryilmaz, Serkan/0000-0002-2108-1781Modeling statistical dependence between two systems or components is an important problem in reliability theory. Such a problem has been well studied for binary systems and components. In the present paper, we provide a way for modeling s-dependence between two multi-state components. Our method is based on the use of copulas which are very popular for modeling s-dependence. We obtain expressions for the joint state probabilities of the two components, and illustrate the results for the case when the degradation in both components follows a Markov process.eninfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccessCopulasmulti-state componentss-dependenceArticleQ1633715720WOS:00034590480000314