Levitin, Gregory; Xing, Liudong; Dai, Yuanshun - In: European Journal of Operational Research 234 (2014) 1, pp. 155-162
It is well recognized that using the hot standby redundancy provides fast restoration in the case of failures. However the redundant elements are exposed to working stresses before they are used, which reduces the overall system reliability. Moreover, the cost of maintaining the hot redundant...