Bi-objective redundancy allocation problem in systems with mixed strategy: NSGA-II with a novel initialization

• Published in: Reliability engineering & system safety Vol. 263; p. 111279
• Main Author: Oszczypała, Mateusz
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier Ltd 01.11.2025
• Subjects: Bi-objective optimization; K-out-of-n system; Markov chains; Non-dominated Sorting Genetic Algorithm-II (NSGA-II); Redundancy allocation problem (RAP); Markov chains; Bi-objective optimization; K-out-of-n system; Non-dominated Sorting Genetic Algorithm-II (NSGA-II); Redundancy allocation problem (RAP)

•Bi-objective redundancy allocation problem in repairable systems is investigated.•A mixed redundancy strategy with active and cold standby components is considered.•A continuous-time Markov chain is developed to assess subsystem availability.•Performance metrics and discrete single-objective RAP ar...