A fast algorithm for searching all multi-state minimal cuts

IEEE Transactions on Reliability

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 581-588

  Yeh, Wei Chang ^a  

^a NATIONAL TSING HUA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

d MC MC; Limited flow (multi state) network; Network reliability; Perfect node; Unreliable node

Indexed keywords

CONTROL SYSTEMS; CONTROL THEORY; METROPOLITAN AREA NETWORKS; RELIABILITY;

D-MC/MC; LIMITED-FLOW (MULTI-STATE) NETWORK; NETWORK RELIABILITY; PERFECT NODE; UNRELIABLE NODE;

SEMICONDUCTOR COUNTERS;

EID: 57749117022     PISSN: 00189529     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TR.2008.2006293     Document Type: Article

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