A Coherent System Component Importance under Its Signatures Representation

Vanderlei da Costa Bueno

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DOI: 10.4236/ajor.2011.13019                

Abstract

In this paper we discuss how to measure the component importance for a system in its signature representation. The definition is given in terms of compensator transform and it can be considered as a new formalization of the ideas presented by Bergman [1] in the context of system signature.

Keywords

System Signature, Dynamic System Signature, Coherent Systems, Component Importance, Point Processes Martingales

Conflicts of Interest

The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

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