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Introduction
The advances and interdisciplinary integration of science and technology are making modern engineering and computing systems more and more complex. For modern systems (especially those in, e.g. wireless sensor networks, Internet of Things (IoT), smart power systems, space explorations, and cloud computing industries), dynamic behavior and dependence are typical characteristics of the systems or products. System load, operating conditions, stress levels, redundancy levels, and other operating environment parameters are variables of time, causing dynamic failure behavior of the system components as well as dynamic system reliability requirements. In addition, components of these systems often have significant interactions or dependencies in time or functions. Effects of these dynamic and dependent behaviors must be addressed for accurate system reliability modeling and analysis, which is crucial for verifying whether a system satisfies desired reliability requirements and...