As a common type system, multistate weighted k-out-of-n system is of great importance in reliability engineering. The components are usually treated as independent from each other. It is usually not that case in real life and the components are dependent. On the other hand, the performance of the components degrades over time, leading to the change of the components' weight at the same time. As a result, the present paper provides a method to evaluate the dynamic reliability of multistate weighted k-out-of-n: G system with s-dependent components. The degradation of the components follows a Markov process and the components are nonrepairable. Copula function is used to model the s-dependence of the components. The LZ-transform for a discrete-state continuous-time Markov process is combined, and the explicit expression for the survival function and the mean time to failure (MTTF) of the system is obtained. A small electricity generating system is studied based on our method in the illustration, and detailed comparison result is made for dependent case and independent case. Dynamic reliability with varied levels of electricity generation conforming to the actual situation for this generating system is also calculated.
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