Optimal redundancy allocation to maximize multi-state computer network reliability subject to correlated failures

• Published in: Reliability engineering & system safety Vol. 166; pp. 138 - 150
• Main Authors: Yeh, Cheng-Ta, Fiondella, Lance
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Barking Elsevier Ltd 01.10.2017; Elsevier BV
• Subjects: Computer applications; Computer networks; Computer simulation; Computing time; Correlated binomial distribution; Correlation analysis; Failure; Multi-state computer network; Network reliability; Physical line redundancy allocation; Probability distribution; Redundancy; Reliability; Reliability engineering; Reliability maximization; Simulated annealing; Soft computing; Studies; System reliability; Multi-state computer network; Physical line redundancy allocation; Correlated binomial distribution; Simulated annealing; Reliability maximization

Modern society depends on the stability of computer networks. One way to achieve this goal is to determine the optimal redundancy allocation such that system reliability is maximized. Redundancy requires that each edge in computer networks possess several binary-state physical lines allocated in par...