Abstract
In a strict consecutive-k-out-of-n:F system, strings of failed components of length less than k do not occur. An earlier look [1] at such a system that viewed its components as statistically dependent has led to the conclusion that the unreliability of a strict system can be greater than that of an ordinary one. An alternative view adopted herein requires that the strict system unreliability be expressed as a conditional probability. This view confirms that the failure probability for a strict system is not necessarily smaller than that of an ordinary system.