Reliability optimization of series-parallel systems using a genetic algorithm

IEEE Transactions on Reliability

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 1996, Pages

  Coit, David W ^a   Smith, Alice E ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COSTS; GENETIC ALGORITHMS; NONLINEAR PROGRAMMING; OPTIMIZATION; REDUNDANCY; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS; WEIGHT CONTROL;

COMBINATORIAL OPTIMIZATION; REDUNDANCY ALLOCATION PROBLEM; RELIABILITY DESIGN;

RELIABILITY;

EID: 0030167877     PISSN: 00189529     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/24.510811     Document Type: Article

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