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Efficient reliability computation of a multi-state flow network with cost constraint

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  • Niu, Yi-Feng
  • Song, Yi-Fan
  • Xu, Xiu-Zhen
  • Zhao, Xia

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The reliability and cost integrated performance measure R(d,b) of a multi-state flow network, defined as the probability of sending a flow of d units from the source to the sink with the total transmission cost no more than b, can be computed by means of (d, b)-minimal paths ((d, b)-MPs). The existing methods search for (d, b)-MPs by solving a large Diophantine system or several Diophantine subsystems that are shown to be NP-hard, then the computational efforts are prohibitive. This paper proposes a new search method for (d, b)-MPs, and major contributions include: (1) a correlation between (d, b)-MPs and minimum cost circulations is established, enabling the solution of (d, b)-MPs to be accomplished via minimum cost circulations; (2) a distinctive method merging the well-known capacity scaling algorithm and a decomposition technique is presented to find (d, b)-MPs. In contrast to the existing methods, the presented algorithm seeks for (d, b)-MPs without depending upon the solutions of Diophantine system and generating any duplicate (d, b)-MPs. An illustration of the proposed algorithm is presented, and computational results indicate the advantage of our algorithm over the existing methods.

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  • Niu, Yi-Feng & Song, Yi-Fan & Xu, Xiu-Zhen & Zhao, Xia, 2022. "Efficient reliability computation of a multi-state flow network with cost constraint," Reliability Engineering and System Safety, Elsevier, vol. 222(C).
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:reensy:v:222:y:2022:i:c:s0951832022000680
    DOI: 10.1016/j.ress.2022.108393
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