Solving binary-state multi-objective reliability redundancy allocation series-parallel problem using efficient epsilon-constraint, multi-start partial bound enumeration algorithm, and DEA

Reliability Engineering and System Safety

Volumn 103, Issue , 2012, Pages 35-44

  Khalili Damghani, Kaveh ^a   Amiri, Maghsoud ^b  

^a ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b ALLAMEH TABATABA'I UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

constraint method; DEA; Multi objective redundancy allocation problem; Pareto front

Indexed keywords

CONSTRAINT METHODS; DEA; DEA MODELS; DECISION MAKING PROCESS; ENUMERATION ALGORITHMS; EPSILON-CONSTRAINT METHOD; MULTI OBJECTIVE; MULTISTART; NONDOMINATED SOLUTIONS; PARETO FRONT; PRACTICAL IMPLEMENTATION; REDUNDANCY ALLOCATION PROBLEM; RELIABILITY-REDUNDANCY ALLOCATION; SERIES-PARALLEL; UPPER BOUND;

ALGORITHMS; BENCHMARKING; DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS;

REDUNDANCY;

EID: 84859517787     PISSN: 09518320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ress.2012.03.006     Document Type: Article

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