Calculation of frequency, duration, and availability indexes in complex networks

Author

Billinton, Roy ; Jonnavithula, Satish

Author_Institution

Saskatchewan Univ., Saskatoon, Sask., Canada

Volume

48

Issue

1

fYear

1999

fDate

3/1/1999 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

25

Lastpage

30

Abstract

Calculation of frequency, duration, and availability indexes in a capacity-limited complex network is difficult. This paper presents a new approach to obtain these indexes using a conditional probability formulation and the topological enumeration of all the required states, considering the capacity limitations of the links in the given network. This approach can be used to obtain the expressions for frequency, duration and availability indexes and can also be used to obtain accurate estimates of the indexes for large networks

Keywords

failure analysis; probability; reliability theory; availability index; capacity limitations; capacity-limited complex network; conditional probability formulation; duration index; frequency index; topological enumeration; Availability; Capacity planning; Complex networks; Frequency estimation; Intelligent networks; Power system reliability; State estimation; State-space methods; Telecommunication network reliability; Transportation;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Reliability, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9529

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/24.765924

Filename

765924