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Table 1 Distortion function q for a coherent system with 1–4 i.i.d. components

From: Extended cumulative entropy based on kth lower record values for the coherent systems lifetime

N

T

q(u)

1

\(X_{1}\)

u

2

\(X_{1:2}=\min (X_{1},X_{2})\)

\(2u-u^{2}\)

3

\(X_{2:2}=\max (X_{1},X_{2})\)

\(u^{2}\)

4

\(X_{1:3}=\min (X_{1},X_{2},X_{3})\)

\(3u-3u^{2}+u^{3}\)

5

\(\min (X_{1},\max (X_{2},X_{3}))\)

\(u+u^{2}-u^{3}\)

6

\(X_{2:3}\)

\(3u^{2}-2u^{3}\)

7

\(\max (X_{1},\min (X_{2},X_{3}))\)

\(2u^{2}-u^{3}\)

8

\(X_{3:3}=\max (X_{1},X_{2},X_{3})\)

\(u^{3}\)

9

\(X_{1:4}=\min (X_{1},X_{2},X_{3},X_{4})\)

\(4u-6u^{2}+4u^{3}-u^{4}\)

10

\(\max (\min (X_{1},X_{2}, X_{3}),\min (X_{2},X_{3},X_{4}))\)

\(2u-2u^{3}+u^{4}\)

11

\(\min (X_{2:3},X_{4})\)

\(u+3u^{2}-5u^{3}+2u^{4}\)

12

\(\min (X_{1},\max (X_{2},X_{3}),\max (X_{2},X_{4}))\)

\(u+2u^{2}-3u^{3}+u^{4}\)

13

\(\min (X_{1},\max (X_{2},X_{3},X_{4}))\)

\(u+u^{3}-u^{4}\)

14

\(X_{2:4}\)

\(6u^{2}-8u^{3}+3u^{4}\)

15

\(\max (\min (X_{1},X_{2}),\min (X_{1},X_{3},X_{4}),\min (X_{2},X_{3},X_{4}))\)

\(5u^{2}-6u^{3}+2u^{4}\)

16

\(\max (\min (X_{1},X_{2}),\min (X_{3},X_{4}))\)

\(4u^{2}-4u^{3}+u^{4}\)

17

\(\max (\min (X_{1},X_{2}),\min (X_{1},X_{3}),\min (X_{2},X_{3},X_{4}))\)

\(4u^{2}-4u^{3}+u^{4}\)

18

\(\max (\min (X_{1},X_{2}),\min (X_{2},X_{3}),\min (X_{3},X_{4}))\)

\(3u^{2}-2u^{3}\)

19

\(\min (\max (X_{1},X_{2}),\max (X_{2},X_{3}),\max (X_{3},X_{4}))\)

\(3u^{2}-2u^{3}\)

20

\(\min (\max (X_{1},X_{2}),\max (X_{1},X_{3}),\max (X_{2},X_{3},X_{4}))\)

\(2u^{2}-u^{4}\)

21

\(\min (\max (X_{1},X_{2}),\max (X_{3},X_{4}))\)

\(2u^{2}-u^{4}\)

22

\(\min (\max (X_{1},X_{2}),\max (X_{1},X_{3},X_{4}),\max (X_{2},X_{3},X_{4}))\)

\(u^{2}+2u^{3}-2u^{4}\)

23

\(X_{3:4}\)

\(4u^{3}-3u^{4}\)

24

\(\max (X_{1},\min (X_{2},X_{3},X_{4}))\)

\(3u^{2}-3u^{3}+u^{4}\)

25

\(\max (X_{1},\min (X_{2},X_{3}),\min (X_{2},X_{4}))\)

\(u^{2}+u^{3}-u^{4}\)

26

\(\max (X_{2:3},X_{4})\)

\(3u^{3}-2u^{4}\)

27

\(\max (\min (X_{1},X_{2},X_{3}),\min (X_{2},X_{3},X_{4}))\)

\(2u^{3}-u^{4}\)

28

\(X_{4:4}=\max (X_{1},X_{2},X_{3},X_{4})\)

\(u^{4}\)