ABSTRACT
The sliding window system (SWS) is a generalized form of k-out-of-n:F system which has n linearly ordered multistate elements. Each window can have two states: completely working and totally failed. In the context of signatures, Shapley and Owen discussed the game theory on the basis of random variable and evaluated the probability by extending the game theory. Boland and Samaniego described the properties of signature reliability of complex systems and compared the signatures of the different systems. Kumar and Singh determined the signature of sliding window coherent system, k-out-of-n system, and linear multistate SWS having an i.i.d. component and calculated different measures such as signature, expected lifetime, cost, and Barlow-Proschan index. From the above discussion, it becomes clear that many researchers computed the system reliability of binary and MSS SWS with different methods.
