Title :
Hierarchical decomposition for optimal reliability allocation
Author :
Zhang, Xiao-Ling ; Huang, Hong-Zhong ; Liu, Yu
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Mechatron. Eng., Univ. of Electron. Sci. & Technol. of China, Chengdu
Abstract :
Reliability allocation problems of large systems become easier if the optimization model can be decomposed and solved as a set of smaller, coordinated sub-problems. A hierarchical structure for optimal reliability allocation based on target cascading is proposed in this paper. An example is given to illustrative the method.
Keywords :
reliability; hierarchical decomposition; large systems; optimal reliability allocation; target cascading; Aircraft; Automobiles; Collaboration; Convergence; Cost function; Design optimization; Joining processes; Mathematical programming; Optimization methods; Reliability; hierarchical structure; optimal reliability allocation; target cascading;
Conference_Titel :
Reliability and Maintainability Symposium, 2009. RAMS 2009. Annual
Conference_Location :
Fort Worth, TX
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2508-2
Electronic_ISBN :
0149-144X
DOI :
10.1109/RAMS.2009.4914662
