relation: https://pure.iiasa.ac.at/id/eprint/4620/ title: Configurations of series-parallel networks with maximum reliability creator: Gutjahr, W. creator: Pflug, G.C. creator: Ruszczynski, A. description: 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. publisher: Elsevier date: 1996-02 type: Article type: PeerReviewed identifier: Gutjahr, W., Pflug, G.C. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8215-3550 , & Ruszczynski, A. (1996). Configurations of series-parallel networks with maximum reliability. Microelectronics and Reliability 36 (2) 247-253. 10.1016/0026-2714(95)00004-L . relation: 10.1016/0026-2714(95)00004-L identifier: 10.1016/0026-2714(95)00004-L doi: 10.1016/0026-2714(95)00004-L