A Discrete-Binary Transformation of the Reliability Redundancy Allocation Problem. (25th May 2015)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Caserta, Marco; Voß, Stefan
• Other Names: Hong Wei-Chiang Academic Editor.
• Is Part Of: Mathematical problems in engineering. Volume 2015(2015)
• Publication Date: 2015-05-25
• Subjects: Engineering mathematics -- Periodicals; 510.2462
• DOI: 10.1155/2015/276234
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1024-123X

Abstract

Abstract : Given a reliability redundancy optimization problem in its discrete version, it is possible to transform such integer problem into a corresponding binary problem in log-time. A simple discrete-binary transformation is presented in this paper. The proposed transformation is illustrated using an example taken from the reliability literature. An immediate implication is that a standard exact dynamic programming approach may easily solve instances to optimality that were usually only solved heuristically.