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| ===The Exponential Conditional Reliability===
| | #REDIRECT [[The_Exponential_Distribution#The_Exponential_Conditional_Reliability_Function]] |
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| The exponential conditional reliability equation gives the reliability for a mission of <math>t</math> duration, having already successfully accumulated <math>T</math> hours of operation up to the start of this new mission. The exponential conditional reliability function is:
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| ::<math>R(t|T)=\frac{R(T+t)}{R(T)}=\frac{{{e}^{-\lambda (T+t-\gamma )}}}{{{e}^{-\lambda (T-\gamma )}}}={{e}^{-\lambda t}}</math>
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| which says that the reliability for a mission of <math>t</math> duration undertaken after the component or equipment has already accumulated <math>T</math> hours of operation from age zero is only a function of the mission duration, and not a function of the age at the beginning of the mission. This is referred to as the memoryless property.
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