On the Reliability of Repairable Systems: Methods and Applications

Abstract

SummaryFailures in repairable systems are often described by means of renewal or non-homogeneous Poisson processes, depending upon the repair policy. In the former case repairs bring the system reliability back to its initial value, whereas in the latter they restore the same reliability the system had just before the failure. We focus on the latter process, illustrating some properties and applications, mainly in a Bayesian framework.