%A MENG-LAI YIN JOHN ANGUS %T Invariants in Hierarchical-System Optimization for Reliability and Maintainability %0 Journal Article %D 2011 %J Int J Performability Eng %R 10.23940/ijpe.11.2.p198.mag %P 198-200 %V 7 %N 2 %U {https://www.ijpe-online.com/CN/abstract/article_3297.shtml} %8 2011-03-01 %X

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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