A simulated annealing algorithm for system cost minimization subject to reliability constraints |
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| Authors: | John E. Angus Kevin Ames Kevin Ames |
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| Affiliation: | The Claremont Graduate School , Claremont, California, 91711 |
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| Abstract: | A simulated annealing algorithm is presented that finds the minimum cost redundancy allocation subject to meeting a minimal reliability requirement for a coherent system of components. It is assumed that components are independent of one another, and that the form of the nominal system reliability function is available for input to the algorithm |
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| Keywords: | redundancy optimization combinatorial optimization |
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