The paper investigates the effect of age related failure of power transformers on the
identification of most critical transformer sites for system reliability. The end-of-life failure …

In this paper, we study estimation of stress-strength reliability, assuming the stress and
strength variables are inverse Gaussian distributed with unknown parameters. When the …

This paper proposes a data fusion technique aimed at achieving highly accurate localization
in a wireless sensor network with low computational cost. This is accomplished by fusing …

Two lifetime distributions derived from Perks׳ mortality rate function, one with 4 parameters
and the other with 5 parameters, for the modeling of bathtub-shaped failure rates are …

The study of stress‐strength reliability in a time‐dependent context needs to model at least
one of the stress or strength quantities as dynamic. We study the stress‐strength reliability …

The Health Index represents a practical tool that combines the results of operating
observations, field inspections, and site and laboratory testing to manage the asset and …

This chapter has a twofold purpose. The first is to present an up-to-date review of the basic
theoretical and practical aspects of the main reliability models, and of some models that are …

Power system component failures can generally be classified into two categories: repairable
random failures and aging failures. An essential step in power system reliability evaluation is …

Since products are subjected to a random variable stress-strength, their reliability must be
determined using the stress-strength analysis. Unfortunately, when both, stress and strength …

In the deregulated electrical energy market, reliability estimation of electrical components is
an increasingly important, but difficult, task. Indeed, utilities face on one hand the …