performance in reliability engineering and system security. In this paper, we consider the problems of optimal allocation of both …

Based on the concept of sparse connection, three start-up demonstration tests with sparse connection are introduced …-up demonstration tests such as CSTF, TSCF and CSCF are special cases of these new tests. Furthermore, the new tests exhibit obvious … are given for these new start-up demonstration tests based on the assumption that the tests are i.i.d. case. The analyses …

-based contracts. She detects that a critical reparable component in her systems has a poor reliability performance. She decides to … improve its reliability by a redesign of that component and an upgrade of the systems by replacing the old components with the … policies is the best one and we show how this depends on the lifetime of the systems, the reliability of the old components …

also given. Some main reliability measures, such as the availability, failure frequency, and the reliability function of …

Supplier reliability is a key determinant of a manufacturer’s competitiveness. It reflects a supplier’s capability of … suppliers improve delivery reliability. Suppliers, however, often work with multiple manufacturers and the benefit of enhanced … reliability may spill over to competing manufacturers. In this study, we explore how potential spillover influences manufacturers …

transportation. Existing traffic assignment approaches do not properly account for passenger’s expectation for transfer reliability …. In this study, the transfer reliability is explicitly defined and a multi-class user equilibrium model is established …, given which passengers choose the minimal-cost path based on their expected reliability thresholds. In particular, a path …

dynamic reliability of the network under the assumption that the links are subject to failure according to a nonhomogeneous … Poisson process. Several mixture representations are provided for the reliability function of residual lifetime of used … residual reliability of operating networks in terms of the reliability functions of residual lifetimes of upper record values …