On Use of Simulation Technique to Augment the Reliability of a System

The use of simulation in industry, of late, has become an important technique. It is used in the analysis of a number of complex systems, where analytical methods are either difficult to apply or not possible to apply. The problem discussed here is to increase the reliability of a system, which, depends on a set of components connected in series. The increment can be done, by connecting to each of the components, similar components in parallel under some price and weight restrictions. The number of each of these components, are selected using simulation and the combination giving the maximum reliability can be decided. An algorithm to reach the maximum reliability using simulation, under the price and weight restriction is been discussed. In the last section with some numerical values we find the maximum reliability for a five component series system and reach an important result