Title :
Reliability-Equivalent-Replacement of a Subnetwork
Author_Institution :
Officer School of Japan GSDF, Tokyo; Green Corp B101; Mayeda-Cho 516-1; Totsuka-Ku, Yokohama City, 244 JAPAN.
Abstract :
Criteria for two-subnetworks that can replace each other in a network without changing the network reliability are obtained. 2-Node connected subnetworks are replaced by at most three parallel lines and certain 3-node connected subnetworks are replaced by a star composed of three oriented lines.
Keywords :
Computer networks; Joining processes; Reliability theory; Sufficient conditions; Connecting node; Input node; Output node; Path; Replacement; Subnetwork;
Journal_Title :
Reliability, IEEE Transactions on
DOI :
10.1109/TR.1985.5222228
