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Continuum structure function

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A continuum structure function (CSF) is defined by Baxter as a nondecreasing mapping from the unit hypercube to the unit interval. It is used to model the level of performance of a system in terms of the performance levels of its components.[1][2]

References

  1. ^ Baxter, L A (1984) Continuum structures I., Journal of Applied Probability. Vol. 21, no. 4, pp. 802-815.
  2. ^ Kim, Chul; Baxter, Laurence A.(1987) Reliability importance for continuum structure functions. (English) J. Appl. Probab. 24, 779-785