Mteza, Pumeza Yvonne2014-01-102014-01-102014-01-10http://hdl.handle.net10539/13430A dissertation submitted to the Faculty of Science, University of the Witwa- tersrand, Johannesburg, in ful llment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science. Johannesburg, 5 September 2013This dissertation aims to conduct a comprehensive and up to date review of reliability bounds for the binary coherent systems. We assume that the components work independently of each other. The bounds are compared numerically by using simple structures.enBinary system (Mathematics).Thesis