Start-up demonstration tests under Markov dependence model with corrective actions (Q1370536)

A start-up demonstration test is a mechanism by which a vender demonstrates to a customer the reliability of an equipment with regard to its starting. The vender repeats start-ups of the equipment until a specified number of consecutive successful start-ups are observed. A general probability model for a start-up demonstration test is studied. The joint probability generating function of some random variables appearing in the Markov dependence model of the start-up demonstration test with corrective actions is derived by the method of probability generating function. By using the probability generating function, several characteristics relating to the distribution are obtained.