Availability Optimization of a system With k-out-of-n Sub-systems Considering Different Types of Components Failure Using BBQ Algorithm

Redundancy allocation problem is one of the most important problem in Reliability area. In this problem the reliability and availability of the systems maximized via allocating redundant components to sub-systems. a systems operates normally in its operational mode but fails in either opened or shorted modes. this paper presents a repairable k_out_of_n systems network model with common cause failures. We used Biographic Based Optimization algorithm for solving the presented problem.