Network Reliability Assessment in a Random Environment

Naval Research Logistics

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 574-591

  Ozekici S ^a   Soyer, R ^b  

^a KOÇ UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bayesian analysis; Markov chain; Network reliability; Power systems; Random environment

Indexed keywords

DATA REDUCTION; MARKOV PROCESSES; METEOROLOGICAL PROBLEMS;

NETWORK RELIABILITY;

ELECTRIC POWER SYSTEMS;

EID: 0141828944     PISSN: 0894069X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/nav.10072     Document Type: Article

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