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Published online by Cambridge University Press: 14 July 2016
A continuum structure function is a non-decreasing mapping from the unit hypercube to the unit interval. A definition of the reliability importance, ℛi(α) say, of component i at system level α(0 < α ≦ 1) is proposed. Some properties of this function are deduced, in particular conditions under which and conditions under which ℛi(α) is positive (0 < α < 1).
Research supported by the Air Force Office of Scientific Research, AFSC, USAF, under grant AFOSR-84–0243. The US Government is authorised to reproduce and distribute reprints for Governmental purposes notwithstanding any copyright notation thereon.