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Fifty years of reliability in operations research

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  • Aven, Terje
  • Rios Insua, David
  • Soyer, Refik
  • Zhu, Xiaoyan
  • Zio, Enrico

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This paper provides an overview of the historical evolution of reliability in the scientific area of operations research. Historical views and future perspectives are specifically offered with regards to reliability modeling and inference, treatment of uncertainty in reliability modelling and analysis, definition of importance measures for identifying those elements of a system which are critical for its reliability, optimization of the design, operation and maintenance of a system with respect to its reliability, adversarial issues, and the growing focus on machine learning for reliability modeling and optimization. The overview and perspectives given are rich but by no means they cover all the great developments and advancements done, nor they point at all still-open issues and coming challenges.

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  • Aven, Terje & Rios Insua, David & Soyer, Refik & Zhu, Xiaoyan & Zio, Enrico, 2025. "Fifty years of reliability in operations research," European Journal of Operational Research, Elsevier, vol. 324(2), pages 361-381.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:ejores:v:324:y:2025:i:2:p:361-381
    DOI: 10.1016/j.ejor.2024.09.010
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