• DocumentCode
    1341748
  • Title

    Optimization of System Reliability by Branch-and-Bound

  • Author

    McLeavey, Dennis W. ; McLeavey, Janet A.

  • Author_Institution
    Department of Management Science//College of Business Administration//University of Rhode Island//Kingston, Rhode Island 02881 USA.
  • Issue
    5
  • fYear
    1976
  • Firstpage
    327
  • Lastpage
    329
  • Abstract
    This paper compares two approximation procedures with the implicit enumeration technique for solving reliability optimization problems. The integer nature of the problem is stressed and suggestions are made for evaluating future efforts to solve the problem.
  • Keywords
    Approximation algorithms; Costs; Design engineering; Guidelines; Optimization methods; Programming profession; Redundancy; Reliability engineering; Resource management; Testing; Approximation algorithm; Implicit enumeration; Optimization algorithm; Parallel redundancy; Standby redundancy; System reliability;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Reliability, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9529
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/TR.1976.5220027
  • Filename
    5220027