Application of reliability methods to social networks

Military Operations Research

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 51-58

  Guzman, Mauricio Sven ^a   Pohl, Edward A ^b   Schneider, Kellie ^b   Rainwater, Chase ^b  

^a Escuela Superior de Economia y Negocios (ESEN El Salvador)   (El Salvador)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLANDESTINE NETWORKS; K-OUT-OF-N SYSTEM; MODEL FORMULATION; MULTI-STATE NETWORKS; OVERALL NETWORKS; RELIABILITY MEASURE; RELIABILITY METHODS; SOCIAL NETWORKS;

COMPUTER APPLICATIONS; OPERATIONS RESEARCH;

RELIABILITY;

EID: 84879306429     PISSN: 02755823     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5711/1082598317451     Document Type: Article

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