DocumentCode
1347362
Title
An Experimental Comparison of the Heuristic Methods for Solving Reliability Optimization Problems
Author
Nakagawa, Yuji ; Miyazaki, Satoshi
Author_Institution
Department of Electrical Engineering; Takamatsu Technical College; 355, Chokushi-cho; Takamatsu 761 JAPAN.
Issue
2
fYear
1981
fDate
6/1/1981 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
181
Lastpage
184
Abstract
This paper compares three heuristic methods (Nakagawa-Nakashima, Gopal-Aggarwal-Gupta, Sharma-Venkateswaran) for solving reliability optimization problems with nonlinear constraints. Their effectiveness, measured in terms of computation time, optimality rate, and relative error, is evaluated on several sets of randomly generated test problems with nonlinear constraints for series systems. A FORTRAN program for generating the test problems and best known solutions (some of them are exact optimal) are included.
Keywords
Computer errors; Constraint optimization; Educational institutions; Measurement standards; Optimization methods; Random number generation; Reliability theory; System testing; Time measurement; Velocity measurement; Comparison; Heuristic methods; Nonlinear constraints; Optimization; Test problems;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Reliability, IEEE Transactions on
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
0018-9529
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/TR.1981.5221026
Filename
5221026
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