Reliability evaluation of a multistate network under routing policy

Authors

  • Yi-Kuei Lin Chair Professor, National Taiwan University of Science and Technology

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.23055/ijietap.2012.19.2.334

Keywords:

Multistate network, commodity transmission, system reliability, transmission time, routing policy

Abstract

A multistate network is a stochastic network composed with multistate arcs in which each arc has several possible capacities and may fail due to failure, maintenance, etc. Different from the deterministic case, the minimum transmission time in a multistate network is not a fixed number. We evaluate the probability that a given amount of data/commodity can be sent from a source port to a sink port through a pair of minimal paths simultaneously under the time constraint. Such a probability is named the system reliability. An efficient solution procedure is first proposed to calculate it. In order to enhance the system reliability, the network administrator decides the routing policy in advance to indicate the first and the second priority pairs of MPs. Subsequently, we can evaluate the system reliability under the routing policy. An easy criterion is then proposed to derive an ideal routing policy with higher system reliability. We can treat the system reliability as a performance index to measure the transmission ability of a multistate network such as computer, logistics, urban traffic, telecommunication systems, etc.

Author Biography

Yi-Kuei Lin, Chair Professor, National Taiwan University of Science and Technology

Yi-Kuei Lin is a Chair Professor at the Industrial Management Department, National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Taiwan, Republic of China. He received the B.S. in Applied Mathematics from National Chiao Tung University, Taiwan. He obtained the M.S. and the Ph.D., respectively in Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management Department at National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan, Republic of China. His research interest includes stochastic network reliability, performance evaluation, project management, and operations research. He has published numerous papers in refereed journals including IEEE Transactions on Reliability, Reliability Engineering & System Safety, European Journal of Operational Research, Computers & Operations Research, International Journal of Production Economics, etc.

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Published

2012-05-29

How to Cite

Lin, Y.-K. (2012). Reliability evaluation of a multistate network under routing policy. International Journal of Industrial Engineering: Theory, Applications and Practice, 19(2). https://doi.org/10.23055/ijietap.2012.19.2.334

Issue

Vol. 19 No. 2 (2012)

Section

Quality, Reliability, Maintenance Engineering

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