The survival signature for quantifying system reliability: an introductory overview from practical perspective

Coolen, F.P.A.; Coolen-Maturi, T.

Abstract

The structure function describes the functioning of a system dependent on the states of its components, and is central to theory of system reliability. The survival signature is a summary of the structure function which is sufficient to derive the system’s reliability function. Since its introduction in 2012, the survival signature has received much attention in the literature, with developments on theory, computation and generalizations. This paper presents an introductory overview of the survival signature, including some recent developments. We discuss challenges for practical use of survival signatures for large systems.

Citation

Coolen, F., & Coolen-Maturi, T. (2021). The survival signature for quantifying system reliability: an introductory overview from practical perspective. In C. van Gulijk, & E. Zaitseva (Eds.), Reliability Engineering and Computational Intelligence (23-37). Springer Verlag. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-74556-1_2

• Online Publication Date: Aug 7, 2021
• Publication Date: 2021
• Deposit Date: Aug 23, 2021
• Publicly Available Date: Aug 7, 2022
• Publisher: Springer Verlag
• Pages: 23-37
• Series Title: Studies in Computational Intelligence
• Series Number: 976
• Book Title: Reliability Engineering and Computational Intelligence
• ISBN: 9783030745554
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-74556-1_2
• Public URL: https://durham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1647939