Reliability assessment for discrete time shock models via phase‐type distributions

Abstract

In this paper, particular shock models are studied for the case when the times between successive shocks and the magnitudes of shocks have discrete phase‐type distributions. The well‐known shock models such as delta shock model, extreme shock model, and the mixed shock model which is obtained by combining delta and extreme shock models are considered. The probability generating function and recursive equation for the distribution of the system's lifetime are obtained for the cases when the interarrival times between shocks and the magnitudes of shocks are independent and when they are dependent. System reliability is computed for particular interarrival distributions such as geometric, negative Binomial and generalized geometric distributions.