Abstract System safety assessment is a technique aiming at identifying hazards for the
system under analysis and showing the compliance with the safety requirements. In order to …

Research on balanced systems has sparked intense attentions due to their widespread
engineering applications. Previous studies all considered that balanced systems operate in …

In this paper, a consecutive-k-out-of-r-from-n subsystems: F balanced system with load
sharing is proposed, which takes both linear and circular structures into consideration. Such …

Nowadays, the missions of the unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) swarm are very common.
However, it is still difficult to calculate the phased mission reliability of UAV swarms …

Cascading failure is one of the key issues affecting the reliability of edge-assisted Internet of
Things (IoTs), but is rarely studied. In this paper, a cascading model is developed with full …

The main coolant system (MCS) plays a vital role in the stability and reliability of a nuclear
power plant. However, human errors and natural disasters may cause some reactor coolant …

With the improvement of control system composition and operation process complexity, the
uncertainty in its operation process increases and real-time observation data is difficult to …

Failures of safety-critical systems may cause huge economic losses and irretrievable
disasters. The dynamic operating environment of such systems makes it more difficult to …

Importance measures are used to prioritize the system components for achieving high
efficiency and economy of reliability optimization. The existing importance measures pay …

A novel maintenance policy for a multi-component system consisting of an auxiliary and a
critical component is presented. The deterioration process of the components is described …