Reliability evaluation of a multistate network subject to time constraint under routing policy

• Published in: International journal of systems science Vol. 44; no. 8; pp. 1400 - 1408
• Main Author: Lin, Yi-Kuei
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Abingdon Taylor & Francis Group 01.08.2013; Taylor & Francis
• Subjects: Applied sciences; Computer networks; Computer science; control theory; systems; Computer systems and distributed systems. User interface; Exact sciences and technology; Maintenance; Mathematical analysis; multistate network; Networks; Policies; Priorities; quality; Routing (telecommunications); routing policy; Software; System reliability; transmission time; Policy; Probabilistic approach; Interconnected power system; Routing; Maintenance; System reliability; Transmission time; quality; Service time; routing policy; Quality control; Complex network; User requirement; multistate network

A multistate network is a stochastic network composed of multistate arcs in which each arc has several possible capacities and may fail due to failure, maintenance, etc. The quality of a multistate network depends on how to meet the customer's requirements and how to provide the service in time...