Int J Performability Eng ›› 2011, Vol. 7 ›› Issue (2): 198-200.doi: 10.23940/ijpe.11.2.p198.mag

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Invariants in Hierarchical-System Optimization for Reliability and Maintainability

MENG-LAI YIN1 and JOHN ANGUS2   

  1. 1 Electrical & Computer Engineering, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona
    2 School of Mathematical Sciences, Claremont Graduate University, USA

Abstract:

The “invariants” in a process are the non-changing parts. In this paper, invariants in determining the redundancy allocation to optimize system reliability and maintainability are exploited. This article demonstrates how recognizing the computational invariants can lead to efficient system assessments.
Received on August 9, 2010, revised on October 11, 2010
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