Genetic Algorithms in Optimization of System Reliability

IEEE Transactions on Reliability

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 1995, Pages 172-178

  Painton, Laura ^a   Campbell, James ^a  

^a SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Genetic algorithm; Optimization; Reliability improvement; Uncertainty analysis

Indexed keywords

COMBINATORIAL MATHEMATICS; FAILURE ANALYSIS; FUNCTIONS; GENETIC ALGORITHMS; INTEGRATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTIMIZATION; PERSONAL COMPUTERS; RANDOM PROCESSES; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS;

FAILURE MODE; FAILURE RATE; OBJECTIVE FUNCTION; SYSTEM RELIABILITY; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

RELIABILITY THEORY;

EID: 0029324878     PISSN: 00189529     EISSN: 15581721     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/24.387368     Document Type: Article

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