EVALUATING COMPONENT IMPORTANCE IN MULTI-TERMINAL NETWORK RELIABILITY USING A PROPOSED MINIMAL PATH ANALYSIS ALGORITHMPages 65-73
Abstract
This paper presents a novel component importance measure for network reliability based on minimal paths instead of the reliability polynomial. The paper studies the component importance in mixed, complex, MIMO, and others systems. The algorithm was illustrated by a practical example of a car engine system motion and monitoring components, the results agreed with Birnbaum's measure. The method shows the effect of failure probability of MCS on component importance, and provides a new route for network design and reliability computing with less time and labour consumption. Moreover, the proposed method offers an analytical solution to accurately analyze the influence of individual component on the system performance, which could be exploited in the design of optimized system as well as resource-efficient system. This method improves the insight into network dynamics to enable effective decisions in managing risk and enhancing reliability of networks, especially in critical engineering areas including automotive system and industrial.
Keywords:
Reliability,
Minimal path,
Important,
Birnbaum’s measure,
System design.
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Haider Saleh Howeidi
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