Title :
Series-parallel reductions in Monte Carlo network-reliability evaluation
Author :
Cancela, Héctor ; El Khadiri, Mohamed
Author_Institution :
Univ. of the Republic of Uruguay, Montevideo, Uruguay
fDate :
6/1/1998 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
Monte Carlo simulation appears to be very useful in the evaluation of K-terminal-reliability of large communication systems because the exact algorithms are extremely time consuming. This paper shows that the well-known series-parallel reductions can be incorporated in the recursive variance reduction simulation method, leading to a more efficient estimator, as demonstrated by experimental results
Keywords :
Monte Carlo methods; recursive estimation; telecommunication network reliability; K-terminal reliability; Monte Carlo network reliability evaluation; communication systems; exact algorithms; recursive variance reduction simulation method; series-parallel reductions; Intelligent networks; Libraries; Measurement standards; Monte Carlo methods; Network topology; Reactive power; Recursive estimation; Sun; Telecommunication network reliability; Time measurement;
Journal_Title :
Reliability, IEEE Transactions on