Reliability and cost optimization of power electronic devices considering the component failure rate uncertainty

2003 IEEE Bologna PowerTech - Conference Proceedings

Volumn 4, Issue , 2003, Pages 275-281

  Dialynas, E N ^a   Zafiropoulos, E P ^a  

^a NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Failure rate uncertainty; Latin hypercube sampling method; Monte Carlo simulation; Optimization methods; Simulated annealing algorithm; System reliability

Indexed keywords

FAILURE RATE; LATIN HYPERCUBE SAMPLING; MONTE CARLO SIMULATION; OPTIMIZATION METHOD; SIMULATED ANNEALING ALGORITHMS; SYSTEM RELIABILITY;

ELECTRIC POWER SYSTEMS; FAILURE ANALYSIS; OPTIMIZATION; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS;

MONTE CARLO METHODS;

EID: 84861499626     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/PTC.2003.1304733     Document Type: Conference Paper

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