Comparing Parallel Simulated Annealing, Parallel Vibrating Damp Optimization and Genetic Algorithm for Joint Redundancy-Availability Problems in a Series-Parallel System with Multi-State Components

In this paper, we study different methods of solving joint redundancy-availability optimization for series-parallel systems with multi-state components. We analyzed various effective factors on system availability in order to determine the optimum number and version of components in each sub-system...

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Main Authors: Mani Sharifi, Morteza Mousa Khani, Arash Zaretalab
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Islamic Azad University, Qazvin Branch 2014-03-01
Series:Journal of Optimization in Industrial Engineering
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Online Access:http://www.qjie.ir/article_148_6c68990b1e76cae7ae42ca36f60a52c9.pdf