@article {IOPORT.04027152, author = {Mokaddis, G.S. and Elias, S.S. and Labib, S.W.}, title = {On a two-unit standby redundant system subject to repair and preventive maintenance.}, year = {1987}, journal = {Tamkang Journal of Management Sciences}, volume = {8}, number = {1}, issn = {0255-6863}, pages = {1-14}, publisher = {Tamkang University Press, Taipei}, abstract = {This paper derives the mean life and the Laplace-Stieltjes transform of the distribution of the first time to system-down for two dissimilar units standby redundant system with repair and preventive maintenance. Further, special cases of the results obtained here coincide with earlier results for the two-unit standby redundant system. The case when the system is not subject to preventive maintenance is considered as a particular case.}, identifier = {04027152}, }