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- Title
Exact reliability evaluation of infrastructure networks using graph theory.
- Authors
Zarghami, Seyed Ashkan; Gunawan, Indra; Schultmann, Frank
- Abstract
Reliability analysis of Infrastructure Networks (INs) is gaining recognition in the research literature. However, most of the work on reliability evaluation of INs have focused on simulation analysis and, therefore, unable to calculate the exact reliability. Additionally, these methods lack the capability of achieving a closer adherence to INs. The presented paper aims at filling these gaps by simplifying the process of computing the exact reliability of an IN through the decomposition of the network into a set of series and parallel configuration of its elements. In exemplifying the method, an illustrative example is presented and a brief discussion on the usefulness and limitation of the method is described.
- Subjects
RELIABILITY in engineering; EMPLOYEE reviews; GRAPH theory; DECOMPOSITION method; BLOCK diagrams; SPANNING trees
- Publication
Quality & Reliability Engineering International, 2020, Vol 36, Issue 2, p498
- ISSN
0748-8017
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1002/qre.2574