Estimating the s-t Reliability Function Using Importance and Stratified Sampling.

Abstract

This paper considers an undirected network G with node set V and arc set E = 1,....,n. Nodes are perfect but arcs fail randomly and independently with known probabilities 1-p sub 1 ,...,1-p sub n. This paper describes a highly efficient Monte Carlo sampling plan for estimating a reliability function where P denotes a set of points in the n'- dimensional unit hypercube. The method combines importance and stratified sampling techniques.

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 1986
Accession Number
ADA177570

Entities

People

  • George S. Fishman

Organizations

  • University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Probability
  • Reliability
  • Sampling

Readers

  • Graph Algorithms and Convex Optimization.
  • Regression Analysis.