A hierarchy of importance indices

IEEE Transactions on Reliability

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 169-172

  Hwang, F K ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Birnbaum importance; Component importance; Cutset; Optimal assignment; Pathset; Structural importance

Indexed keywords

COMBINATORIAL MATHEMATICS; OPTIMIZATION; SET THEORY; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS;

BIRNBAUM IMPORTANCE; COMPONENT IMPORTANCE; IMPORTANCE INDEX; OPTIMAL ASSIGNMENT; STRUCTURAL IMPORTANCE;

RELIABILITY THEORY;

EID: 15544361919     PISSN: 00189529     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TR.2004.841707     Document Type: Article

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