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HindawiPublishingCorporation JournalofAppliedMathematicsandDecisionSciences Volume2007,ArticleID43565,18pages doi:10.1155/2007/43565 ResearchArticle ReliabilityofModuleswithLoad-SharingComponents MarkBebbington,Chin-DiewLai,andRiˇcardasZitikis Received17April2007;Accepted8August2007 RecommendedbyPaulCowpertwait Toincrease the reliability ofmodules, and thus ofsystems assembled fromthem, they arefrequentlyconstructedusingparallelload-sharingcomponents.Examplesincludejet engines, electrical powernetworks, andtelecommunications networks. Weconsiderthe situationwhenthecomponentsoperateindependen