k" parallelsubsystems where each subsystem will function if at least “r" outof “n" components function within each subsystem." />

TIME TO FAILURE FOR A “K PARALLEL R-OUT-OF-N" SYSTEM

Erik E. Kostandyan, Leonard R. Lamberson, and Azim Houshyar

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