Models of Network Reliability: Analysis, Combinatorics, and Monte Carlo

by Ilya B. Gertsbakh, Yoseph Shpungin

Overview

Unique in its approach, Models of Network Reliability: Analysis, Combinatorics, and Monte Carlo provides a brief introduction to Monte Carlo methods along with a concise exposition of reliability theory ideas. From there, the text investigates a collection of principal network reliability models, such as terminal connectivity for networks with unre

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781040177501
Publisher:	CRC Press
Publication date:	04/19/2016
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	217
File size:	4 MB

About the Author

Ilya B. Gertsbakh, Professor Emeritus, Department of Mathematics, Ben Gurion University, Beer Sheva, Israel.

Dr. Gertsbakh has authored more than 70 research papers and six books. He has taught courses in Probability, Statistics, Reliability Theory, and Operations Research. His research interests include Reliability Theory, Probabilistic Methods in Operations Research, and Monte Carlo Methods.

Yoseph Shpungin, Department Head, Software Engineering Department, Shamoon College of Engineering, Beer Sheva, Israel.

Throughout his career, Dr. Shpungin has gained extensive experience in both practical and theoretical operations research and software engineering issues. He has taught courses in Probability, Statistics, Reliability, Algorithms, Databases, and Programming Languages. His field of research is Reliability Theory and Monte Carlo Methods, in which he has authored one book and many publications in international scientific journals and in the proceedings of international conferences.

Table of Contents

What is Monte Carlo Method? What is Network Reliability? Exponentially Distributed Lifetime. Static and Dynamic Reliability. Border States and Reliability Gradient. Order Statistics. Monte Carlo Estimation of Convolutions. Network Destruction. Lomonosov's "Turnip". Importance Measures and Spectrum. Optimal Network Synthesis. Dynamic Networks. Examples of Network Reliability. Appendices. References. Index.

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The 13 chapters and three appendixes make the material accessible to readers with a basic background in reliability. … Formal proofs are minimally presented, the methods are widely supported by examples and exercises, and guidelines for developing computer programs are provided.
—Ron S. Kenett, KPA, Raanana, Israel, in Quality Progress

… a concise and compact book on the subject of how to compute k-terminal reliability of a given communication network, where the edges or links can fail. … To make a beginner understand the subject matter, the treatment in a chapter starts with examples and leads a reader to the definitions and theorems that are incidental to the explanation of an approach. ... helps in understanding the intricacies involved in the problem of computing network reliability. The concept of spanning trees is used to ensure connectivity of nodes of interest. Other measures of interest in reliability of networks such as component criticality and Birnbaum Importance are also discussed … students and teachers pursuing reliability of communication reliability will find this book of interest. …very useful for reliability engineers and those dealing with design of communication networks … .
—Krishna B. Misra, in Performability Engineering, May 2011, Vol. 7, No. 3

Editorial Reviews

The 13 chapters and three appendixes make the material accessible to readers with a basic background in reliability. … Formal proofs are minimally presented, the methods are widely supported by examples and exercises, and guidelines for developing computer programs are provided.
—Ron S. Kenett, KPA, Raanana, Israel, in Quality Progress

… a concise and compact book on the subject of how to compute k-terminal reliability of a given communication network, where the edges or links can fail. … To make a beginner understand the subject matter, the treatment in a chapter starts with examples and leads a reader to the definitions and theorems that are incidental to the explanation of an approach. ... helps in understanding the intricacies involved in the problem of computing network reliability. The concept of spanning trees is used to ensure connectivity of nodes of interest. Other measures of interest in reliability of networks such as component criticality and Birnbaum Importance are also discussed … students and teachers pursuing reliability of communication reliability will find this book of interest. …very useful for reliability engineers and those dealing with design of communication networks … .
—Krishna B. Misra, in Performability Engineering, May 2011, Vol. 7, No. 3

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