SYREL: A SYMBOLIC RELIABILITY ALGORITHM BASED ON PATH AND CUTSET METHODS.

S. Hariri, C. S. Raghavendra

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Abstract

Symbolic terminal reliability algorithms are important for analysis and synthesis of computer networks. The authors present a simple and efficient algorithm, SYREL, to obtain compact terminal reliability expressions between a terminal pair of computers of complex networks. This algorithm incorporates conditional probability, set theory, and Boolean algebra in a disinct approach in which most of the computations performed are directly executable Boolean operations. The conditional probability is used to avoid applying at each iteration the most time-consuming loop in reliability algorithms (making a set of events mutually exclusive). The algorithm has been implemented on a VAX-11/750 and is efficient compared to existing reliability algorithms.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationProceedings - IEEE INFOCOM
PublisherIEEE
Pages293-302
Number of pages10
ISBN (Print)0818606940
StatePublished - 1986

Publication series

NameProceedings - IEEE INFOCOM
ISSN (Print)0743-166X

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Computer Science(all)
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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