A Simple Approach for Constrained Redundancy Optimization Problem
- 1 February 1972
- journal article
- Published by Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) in IEEE Transactions on Reliability
- Vol. R-21 (1) , 30-34
- https://doi.org/10.1109/tr.1972.5216168
Abstract
This paper provides a simple algorithm for the solution of the redundancy optimization problem in the presence of multiple linear constraints. Basicaily, the solution to an r-constraint problem is obtained successively from the solution of r-unconstrained problems. At each step, an active constraint is picked out, then the maximum gradient concept is used to find a closer point. The approach requires minimum effort and time for solution.Keywords
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