Abstract
In this paper, a new approach to managing reliability of network systems is proposed. In contrast to the well-known problem formulation of reliability optimization it takes into account many parameters of a system such as costs, operational reliability, the profit from system operation, penalties for delays and failures. The objective function and boundary conditions for this problem formulation are derived. Explicit analytical expressions for an optimization of network systems are based on its performance metrics. The method can be used while designing of telecommunication systems, computer networks, network-centric and service-oriented systems.
This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.
Similar content being viewed by others
References
Barlow R, Proschan F (1996) Mathematical theory of reliability. SIAM, Philadelphia
Blischke W, Prabhakar D (2000) Reliability: modeling, prediction, and optimization. Wiley, New York
Claudio M (2000) A cellular, evolutionary approach applied to reliability optimization of complex systems, proceedings annual reliability and maintainability symposium, IEEE, New York, pp. 210–215
Feoktistov V (2006) Differential evolution, in search of solutions. Springer, New York
ITU-T Recommendation E.862 (Rev. 1) (1992) Dependability planning of telecommunication networks. Geneva
Kalimulina E Yu (2009) A parallel algorithm for reliability optimization of communications systems, IEEE international siberian conference on control and communications, (SIBCON-2009), pp. 21–24
Kalimulina E Yu (2009) The approximate analysis of reliability of large-scale parallel communication networks with various subsystem configuration, IEEE international siberian conference on control and communications (SIBCON-2009), pp. 42–47
Myers A (2010) Complex system reliability: multichannel systems with imperfect fault coverage. Springer Series in Reliability Engineering, New York
Mettas A (2007) Reliability allocation and optimization for complex systems, IEEE transactions on reliability, p 7
Johan A, Petter K (2001) Multiobjective optimization of mixed variable design problems, Proceedings of the first international conference on multi-criterion optimization, Zurich, pp. 624–638
Kuo W, Zuo MJ (2003) Optimal reliability modeling, principles and applications. Wiley, New York
Verma DC (2004) Service level agreements on IP networks. Proceedings of the IEEE, vol 92, pp. 1382–1388
Shooman ML (1994) A mathematical formulation of reliability optimized design, lecture notes in control and information sciences: system modelling and optimization, vol 197, pp. 930–950
Shooman M (2002) Reliability of computer systems and networks, fault tolerance, analysis and design. Wiley, New York
Sooktip T, Wattanapongsakorn N, Coit DW (2011) System reliability optimization with k-out-of-n subsystems and changing k, 9th international conference on reliability, maintainability and safety (ICRMS), pp. 1382–1387
Tillman FA, Hwang CL, Kuo W (1980) Optimization of systems reliability. Marcel Dekker, New York
Ramakumar R (2000) Reliability engineering. CRC Press LLC, London
Ushakov IA (1994) Handbook of releability engineering. Wiley, New York
Price KV, Storn RM, Lampinen JA (2005) Differential evolution, a practical approach to global optimization. Springer, Berlin
Xiaoli Z, Smith A (2010) Spare optimization using genetic algorithms, 2nd international workshop on intelligent systems and applications (ISA), pp. 1–4
Acknowledgments
Supported by the Russian Foundation for Basic Research, project no. 12-07-31214.
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Corresponding author
Rights and permissions
About this article
Cite this article
Kalimulina, E.Y. A new approach for dependability planning of network systems. Int J Syst Assur Eng Manag 4, 215–222 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13198-013-0185-2
Received:
Revised:
Published:
Issue Date:
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s13198-013-0185-2