Note on reliability of a system complexity considering entropy

Journal of Quality in Maintenance Engineering

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 83-91

  Nakagawa, Toshio ^a   Yasui, Kazumi ^a  

^a AICHI INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Complexity; Entropy; Networks; Reliability

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; ENTROPY; FUNCTIONS; OPTIMIZATION; RELIABILITY;

REDUNDANT SYSTEMS;

LARGE SCALE SYSTEMS;

EID: 0037275794     PISSN: 13552511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13552510310466990     Document Type: Article

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