Conditional Ordering of<i>k</i>-out-of-<i>n</i>Systems with Independent But Nonidentical Components

Abstract

By considering k -out-of- n systems with independent and nonidentically distributed components, we discuss stochastic monotone properties of the residual life and the inactivity time. We then present some stochastic comparisons of two systems based on the residual life and inactivity time.