Optimal Assignment of Components to Parallel-Series and Series-Parallel Systems

V. Rajendra Prasad, K. P. K. Nair and Y. P. Aneja
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V. Rajendra Prasad: University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, Canada
K. P. K. Nair: University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, Canada
Y. P. Aneja: University of Windsor, Windsor, Canada

Operations Research, 1991, vol. 39, issue 3, 407-414

Abstract: This paper deals with the problem of assigning components to parallel-series (PS) and series-parallel (SP) systems so as to maximize the system's reliability. We assume that any component can be assigned to any position of the system and the reliability of component j is r i p j if it is assigned to position i . Exploiting the nature of Schur-convex functions, an algorithm is developed to obtain an optimal assignment for PS systems. Also, a simple optimal assignment rule is derived for SP systems with only two positions in each minimal cutset and with component reliabilities invariant of positions.

Keywords: reliability:; optimal; allocation; of; components; in; reliability; systems (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1991
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