Samaniego, Francisco J.; Shaked, Moshe - In: Statistics & Probability Letters 78 (2008) 6, pp. 815-823
The literature on "weighted k-out-of-n" systems is briefly reviewed. The concept may result in systems with quite a broad array of possible structures and thus seems more aptly described by the phrase "systems with weighted components (SWCs)". It is observed that a system with weighted...