https://pure.iiasa.ac.at/id/eprint/4620 2021-08-27T17:15:25Z info:eu-repo/semantics/descriptiveMetadata https://pure.iiasa.ac.at/id/eprint/4620/ Configurations of series-parallel networks with maximum reliability Gutjahr, W. Pflug, G.C. Ruszczynski, A. 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. Elsevier 1996-02 Article PeerReviewed Gutjahr, W., Pflug, G.C. <https://pure.iiasa.ac.at/view/iiasa/229.html> ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8215-3550 <https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8215-3550>, & Ruszczynski, A. <https://pure.iiasa.ac.at/view/iiasa/1544.html> (1996). Configurations of series-parallel networks with maximum reliability. Microelectronics and Reliability 36 (2) 247-253. 10.1016/0026-2714(95)00004-L <https://doi.org/10.1016/0026-2714%2895%2900004-L>. 10.1016/0026-2714(95)00004-L 10.1016/0026-2714(95)00004-L 10.1016/0026-2714(95)00004-L info:eu-repo/semantics/humanStartPage