Title :
An Experimental Comparison of the Heuristic Methods for Solving Reliability Optimization Problems
Author :
Nakagawa, Yuji ; Miyazaki, Satoshi
Author_Institution :
Department of Electrical Engineering; Takamatsu Technical College; 355, Chokushi-cho; Takamatsu 761 JAPAN.
fDate :
6/1/1981 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
This paper compares three heuristic methods (Nakagawa-Nakashima, Gopal-Aggarwal-Gupta, Sharma-Venkateswaran) for solving reliability optimization problems with nonlinear constraints. Their effectiveness, measured in terms of computation time, optimality rate, and relative error, is evaluated on several sets of randomly generated test problems with nonlinear constraints for series systems. A FORTRAN program for generating the test problems and best known solutions (some of them are exact optimal) are included.
Keywords :
Computer errors; Constraint optimization; Educational institutions; Measurement standards; Optimization methods; Random number generation; Reliability theory; System testing; Time measurement; Velocity measurement; Comparison; Heuristic methods; Nonlinear constraints; Optimization; Test problems;
Journal_Title :
Reliability, IEEE Transactions on
DOI :
10.1109/TR.1981.5221026
