@article{iiasa4620,
          volume = {36},
          number = {2},
           month = {February},
           title = {Configurations of series-parallel networks with maximum reliability},
       publisher = {Elsevier},
            year = {1996},
         journal = {Microelectronics and Reliability},
             doi = {10.1016/0026-2714(95)00004-L},
           pages = {247--253},
             url = {https://pure.iiasa.ac.at/id/eprint/4620/},
            issn = {0026-2714},
        abstract = {The optimal design problem for networks with three-state components is the following: select from a given class of networks with n components, each of which can be operative or experience an open-mode or a shorted-mode failure state, the network with maximum reliability. We present an algorithm for solving this problem in the case of two-stage series-parallel networks, i.e. networks consisting of a number of series configurations linked in parallel or vice versa. For practically relevant network sizes (up to 100 components), the algorithm is fast.},
          author = {Gutjahr, W. and Pflug, G. C. and Ruszczynski, A.}
}